GIFT  -OF 
EVGENE 


lyy 


A  N 

ACCOUNT 

OF    THE 

LIFE  and  TRAVELS, 

I  N    T  H  E 

Work  of  the  MINISTRY^ 

O  F' 

JOHN  FOfHERGILL. 
J  iv 

To  which  are  added, 

Divers  Epifths  to  Friends  in  Grefft-tyitein 
and  America^  on  various  Occafions,- 

.    LONDO  N :   Printed. 

PHILADELPHIA  :  Reprinted  and  Sold 
by  JAMES  CHATTIN,  in  Church- Alley  ^ 
1754. 


THE 

PREFACE, 

17  was  not  til?  within  a  few  Years  before  the  AU 
THOR'/  Deceaje,  that  he  entertained  a.  Defan  to 
leave  behind  him  a  Memorial  of  this  Nature  •  But  being 
vequefted,  about  the  Tear  1742,  to  turn  his  thoughts 
this  Way,  iy  one  of  his  Stxs  who  had  been  much  lefs  un 
der  Us  immediate  tuition,  than  the  ref  of  his  O:ildven% 
and  confcquently  lefs  acquainted  with  many  Particulars 
of  his  Life,  replied,  that  tho'  he  had  been  moftly  ea- 
fy,  in  relation  to  writing  any  Thing  by  way  of 
journal  of  his  Labours,  as  fome  other  Friends  had 
done ;  yet  it  had  not  w  holly  paffed  unattended  to,  nor 
v/ithout  Thoughts  often  darting  into  his  Mind  con 
cerning  it,  and  fo frequently  of  late,  as  tohavefome- 
v/hat  turned  his  Inclinations  that  Way.  From  this 
*Time  it  fxed  more  ckfsly  upon  him,  and  he  employed  great 
Part  of  his  leifure  <7ir,iey  when  Health  permitted,  in 
drawing  up  the  frft  Part  of  the  enfuing  Memoirs,  which 
extends  only  to  the  fame  of  his  Return  from  hisfrf  Ft- 
fit  to  America,  and  wasfnifo'd  but  a  few  Weeks  be 
fore  his  Deceafe  under  great  H  eaknefs  of  Body.  But  the 
plain ,  fenjible  and  lively  A'anner,  in  which  this  Account 
is  drawn  upy  occpfions  the  deeper  Regret,  that  he  had 
pot  earlier  engaged  herein,  and  that  the  many  interesting 
axd  inftrutfive  Cbfervations,  that  mufl  have  occurred  du 
ring  the  remaining  Part  of  his  Life,  are  now  loft  irre- 
trieveabty. 

The  fucceeding  Part  of  this  Cclletficn  has  been  compi 
led  from  the  fbort  Kotes  he  kept  of  his  fever al  Fifts,  and 
fome  clher  Papers  and  Letters,  as  it  were  providentially 

pre- 


(    iv    } 

freferved :  An  A  as  this  Part  required feme  Care  in  dige fl 
ing,  as  well  as  Labour  in  tranfcribing,  the  Work  has 
been  retarded  longer  than  was  agreeable  to  the  Editors^ 
cr  the  Public,  for  whcfe  Satisfaction,  as  well  as  Be?^eft9 
they  were  not  unconcerned. 

It  was  not  without  Heftation,  that  fame  Parts  of  the 
following  Collection  were  committed  to  the  Prefs  ;  fitch  as 
thefummary  Journals  of  fever al  of  his  Vifits.  Nevertbe- 
2efs,  as  even  thefe  fhort  Hints  miy  poJJJbly  occajlon,  in  the 
Blinds  cf  diners  who  remember  tbofe  f^ijits,  and  his  Lkr 
boi4rs  therein,  fome  ufeful  Confederations^  it  was  thought 
woft  proper  to  retain  them. 

A  gainful)  deep,  fearching,  laborious  Miniftry  was 
oftentimes  the  AUTHOR 's  Portion  ;  acco>npanied  with  * 
jealous  Concern ,  that  all  might  come  to  the  certain  Know 
ledge  ,  and  inward  Experience  of  an  holy  living  Principle 
operating  in  the  Hearts  of  Mankind  ;  in  order  to  had 
them  from  Error  and  Unrighteoufnefs ,  into  all  tfruth,  and 
into  the  Practice  of  every  Chriftian  Virtue  :  ^ndto  ihofe 
who  read  with  a  Fiew  to  profit,  not  barely  ^mufement  \ 
and  in  order  that  they  may  both  be  informed  of,  and  ani 
mated  by  Example,  to  come  up  in  their  rejpettive  Duties , 
the  Perufal)  we  hope,  will  be  beneficial. 

3'his  was  the  general  'Tendency  of  his  Labours  in  the 
'JMinifiry,  as  m  rry  now  living  can  tejlify  ;  and  in  the 
following  Sheets  the  fame  important  Dcftrine  is  jlrongty 
and  frequently  inculcated,  and  is  now  earnestly  recom* 
mended  to  the  Reader,  with  Defirts,  that  the  many 
truths  herein  delivered,  may  have  a  due  fiffefl  upon  e- 
•very  Mind',  and  that  thoje  e/pecially,  who  have  been 
Witnejfis  of  his  Zeal  and  Fervency,  may,  in  calling  his 
Services  amongf  them  to  their  Remembrance,  be  incited  t» 
•follow  him,  as  he  followed  CHRIST,  and  thus  Jecure  tt 
themselves  the  Benefits  he  diligently  laboured  for,  and  at 
the  fame  Time,  to  pay  tfa  moft  exprejfive  Regard  to  his 
Memory. 

AN 


A  N. 

ACCOUNT 

OF    THE 

LIFE  and  TRAVELS 

o  F 

JOHN    FOfHERGILL. 

IW  A  S  born  in  Wenfleydak  in  Tortfoire,  T  676,  of' 
Parents  not  only  convinced  of  the  blejGkd  Gof- 
pel  Difpenfation  of  God  to  Mankind,  in  fend 
ing  the  Spirit  of  Chrift  to  enlighten  and  re 
prove  for  Sin,  and  to  lead  the  Believers  in 
it  into  Truth  and  Righteoufnefs,  as  teftified  unto  by 
the  People  called  Quakers ;  but  alfo,  who  endeavour M 
carefully  to  feel  after,  and  li  ve  up  to  t  he  powerfulPrin- 
cipleof  Truth  whereby  they  were  both  inftru&edand 
enabled  to  be  exemplary  inLife,and  inreligiousCon- 
cern  to  attend  Meetings  for  the  Worihip  of  God  ; 
and  m  an  humble,    fteady,  diligent  waiting  upon 
him  for  the  Appearance  of  his  enlivening  Prefence 
and  Power,  to  enable  them  to  worfhip  acceptably. 
This  alfo  led  ihem  into   a  godly  Care  to  train  up 
their  Children  in  the  Fear  of  the  Lord,  and  to  take 

them 


C       2      ) 

to •  religious  Meetings  frequently,  both  on 
Firff-days  arid  other  Days  of  the  Week,  which  they 
feldom  failed  in  attending:  Elpecially  my  Mother, 
whofe  care  herein,  ard  her  fpiritual,  reverent 
Travel  of  Soul  in  Meetings,  often  in  S'lence,  for  the 
Sacrifice  of  a  broken  Heart  to  be  prepared  in  her 
by  the  Lord,  had,  very  early,  a  deeply  affe&ing 
Impreflion  in  my  Confideracion:  So  that  I  was  con 
vinced  full/,  when  very  young,  both  of  the  Ex- 
iftence  of  an  Almighty,  ho;y,  all  knowing  Being; 
and  that  there  is  .a  Part  in  Man  that  is  immortal  ; 
and  from  hence  arofe  a  Fear  to  otfend  him  in  Word 
or  Deed. 

I  have  made  this  mention  of  my  Parents,  and  the 
Benefit  accruing  to  me  through  their  religious  L  fes 
as  well  as  of  fome  other  Friends,  manifdtly  exc  r- 
cifed  in  Sp'rit  towards  the  Lord,  and  feeling  after 
his  humbling  Love  and  Life  to  renew  their  S:rengtfi 
from  Time  to  Time,  for  this  End  chiefly  ;  to  in- 
ftrudfc  our  Youth,  who  have  religion  Parents  or  Tu 
tors,  to  prize  fuch  Privileges,  and  to  confider,  that  if 
fuch  Advantages  be  difregarded  and  made  light  of, 
thofewhofodo  have  much  more  to  anfwer  for, 
and  will  have  heavier  Condemnation  to  bear,  than 
thofe  who  have  not  had  fuch  convincing  Opportu 
nities.  And  Secondly,  to  ft;r  up  Parents  and  others 
profefling  the  holy  and  blefled  Truth,  to  labour 
carefully  to  feel  after  and  obey  it  for  their  own 
Advantage ;  and  alfo  to  be  good  Examples  and  cer 
tain  Way-marks  before  their  Offspring  and  the 
Youth,  who  may  fee  them  both  in  Meetings  and 
cu  of  Meetings. 

For  as  I  have  had  to  remember  divers  of  the  El 
ders,  a;d  the  Inftru&ion  which  their  Conduct  af 
forded  me  in  my  young  Years  ;  fo  it  hath  often 
brought  a  frefh  Care,  and  in  ward  Concern  of  Soul 
upon  me,  that  I  might  be  fuch  a  Light,  and  fucfi 
anlnttance  of  Diligence,  as  might  carry  fome  true 

Demon- 


C     3     ) 

Demonftration  with  it  to  my  Children  and  others  ; 
And  in  this  Coacern  of  Mind  we  are  often  renewed 
in  a  Capacity  to  pray ,  or  defire  for  others,  with 
fomc  Accels. 

And  I  am  not  eafy  without  leaving  this  TefHmo- 
r>y  behind  OK,  that  I  fully  believe  one  great  Hin 
drance  to  the  Growth  of  our  Youth  in  true  God- 
linefs,  is  the  Want  of  that  true  fpiritual  Mindednefs 
which  ought  to  be  regarded  by  all,  but  in  an  efpe- 
eial  Manner  by  the  elder  and  more  knowing 

From  this  Fear  to  offend  the  Lord,  which  I  men 
tioned  above  to  be  early  raifed  inm/  Heart,  I  loved 
religious  Meetings  and  true  Minifters ;  and  as  many 
fuch  Minifters,  w  horravelled  in  the  Service  of  Truth, 
eften  lodged  at  my  Father's  Houfe,  I  greatly  loved  u> 
be  near  them,  and  to  remark  their  Conduct  and  Con- 
verlation,  w  hich  hath  of  tenbeen  beneficial  to  me,  bothi 
then  and  in  theafterPart  of  my  L/fe:  It  hath  like  wife 
made  me  glad  to  fee  the  like  Inclination  in  Youthj, 
andtaugiic  me  to  be  careful  to  converfe  with,  and 
behave  before  them  with  godly  Prudence. 

But  although  inward  Fear  and  Care,  with  fome 
heavenly  Touches  of  the  Life  of  Truth,  enabled 
sne  to  live  more  felf-denyingly  and  gravely  than 
fome  others  of  like  Years,  which  my  Mother  par 
ticularly  noted  to  herfelf  with  fome  comfortable 
Hope,  and  mentioned  it  to  fome  in  private;  yet  fhe 
was  removed  by  Death  when  I  was  about  eleven  or 
twelve  Years  old,  which  was  a  great  Lofs  to  me  : 
For  though  my  Father's  Care  continued,  yet  being 
more  from  under  his  E/e,  and  he  being  obliged  to 
have  other  Houfe-keepers,  who  were  not  duly  fea- 
foned  with  the  Truth  ;  fome  of  them,  with  other 
Servants,  proved  Inciters  to  Airinefs  and  a  loofer 
Conduct,  inftead  of  being  Examples  of  a  religious 
and  godly  Sobriety  :  And  fo  the  evil  Power  took 
Advantage  of  my  natural  Adivenefs  and  Propcnfi- 
ty  to  Sports  and  Plays,  and  often  ftii'led  that  hea 
ven!/ 


C    4     ) 

venly  Defire  and  Care  towards  God,  which  I  ought 
to  have  retained.  So  I  became  more  thbughitefs  .»- 
bout  my  Soul's  Inter  eft,  and  fubjed:  to  be  led  into 
Folly,  which  yet  was  often  made  a  Burthen  to  me, 
and  an  Occafion  of  Sorrow  fecretly,  which  caufed 
me  to  beg  Mercy  for  my  Negligence,  and  to  make 
Covenams  to  be  more  watchful  again  ft  Temptati 
ons  ;  but  alas !  I  often  failed  in  performing  them. 

Yet  divine  Mcrcv,  by  renewed  Convictions  ami 
awakening  Vacations,  gave  me  to  fee  and  confijer 
my  Uaiaithfulnefs  and  VVeaknefs  in  fuch  a  Manner, 
that  I  often  with  fecret  Lamentation  bemoan'd  my- 
feif  under  his  Judgment,  much  fearing  that  I  fhould 
.  not  be  regarded  in  Mercy  any  more  ;  nor  durft  I 
make  any  more  Promifes,  as  I  had  done,  left  I 
ikould  by  failing  increafe  my  Soul's  Bondage. 

Yet  as  I  was  kept  for  a  Time  thus  low  and  watch 
ful  to  this  heavenly  Principle  of  Trurh,  which  let 
me  fee  my  Sin,  and  the  Danger  of  it,  I  was  favour 
ed  with  the  Springing^  of  Hope  for  Mercy  and 
Salvation  ;  and  then  niy  Cr>  was  frequent  and 
ftrong  to  be  purged  thoroughly,  whatever  I  had 
to  bear,  if  the  Almighty  would  but  enable  me. 
Thus  I  wreftled  feveral  Years,  and  durft  not: 
believe  that  I  gained  any  effectual  Victory  ; 
and  as  the  Baptifm  of  Chriftby  his  Spirit  had  begun 
to  operate  in  me,  to  bring  a  Death  to  Sin,  and 
tlie  Lufts  of  the  Flefh,  that  thro*  Faith,  and  a  dili 
gent  Attendance  to  his  Power,  I  might  live  to  him 
in  Newnefs  of  Life,  I  had  fome  Hope  that  the  Fan 
in  his  Hand  would  thoroughly  purge  me,  which 
was  the  very  earneft  Cry  and  Longing  of  my  Soul. 
But  the  winnowing,  refining  Work  of  the  Spirit 
ot  Judgment,  and  of  Burning,  now  kindled  to  take! 
away  my  Drofs,  was  fo  heavy  upon  me,  that  I  was 
often  tempted  to  conclude  I  was  forfaken  of  Mercy, 
and  that  Judgment  and  Darknefs  were  to  be  rny 
Portion.  Under  fuch  Apprehenfions  the  Enemy  of 

Souls 


C     5     ) 

Souls  would  have  turned  my  Heart  againft  the  righ 
teous  Almighty,  or  prevailed  upon  me  to  give  my- 
felt"  a  Loofe  into  prefent  flefhly  Pleafures  ;  but 
oh  !  blefled  Regard  from  on  high  was  near,  to  ma- 
nifeft  the  wicked  Dcfign  of  the  evil  Spirir,  and  ths 
Tendency  of  his  Suggeftions.  A  Refolution,  ia  £ 
Degree  of  living  Faith,  was  firmly  fixed  in  my 
Heart,  to  endeavour  to  lie  and  wait  as  at  the  Al5* 
mighty 's  Footftool,  if  haply  He  migh-y  regard  !i.e 
in  Mercy  to  Salvation,  and  if  nor,  but  thai  I  njult 
perifh,  I  would  perifli  as  near  it  as  I  could  get. 

And  as  this  DeTire  after  divine  Favour  and  Mer 
cy  ,  and  De/otednefs  of  Hcait  to  lean  towards,  and 
v/ait  for  his  Arifing  for  my  Salvation,  was  of  hi* 
own  begetting  ;  fo  he  was  gracioufly  pleated  to  &JLJT 
fny  Mind  in  humble  Refignation,  until  lie  brought 
fv>rth  Judgnient  into  Victory  by  Degrees,  and 
caufed'the  San  of  Righteoufuefs  at  Times  to  arifc 
upon  me,  with  Healing  in  his  Wings:  Yet  he  of 
ten  faw  meet  to  hide  his  Face  from  meaj'ain,  and  to 
ftrip  me,  ncp  only  of  any  Senfe  of  his  Favour,  but 
even  of  Hope  of  obtaining  a  Place  among  the  Re 
deemed.  At  this  Time  the  Scripture  which  faich> 
//  is  eocd  to  tops,  and  quietly  wait,  to  fee  tie  Salvati- 
?n  of  God  in  the  Land  of  the  Living  \  and  fome  other 
like  Sentences  was  brought  to  my  Remembrance, 
accompanied  with  Giimpies  of  heavenly  Goodnefs* 
which  gracioufly  helped  to  ftay  me  in  fome  patient 
Hope  under  the  heavenly  refining  Hand,  whici'i 
ibmettmcs,  as  it  were,  fet  me  upon  my  Feet  a  little^ 
and  withdrew  again  :  And  fo  1  was  lefc  in  a  Senie 
o^  Weaknefs,  Fear  and  Sorrow.  But  the  biefled. 
Prefence  of  the  Saviour  of  the  World,  which  ac 
Times  filled  and  overshadowed  my  Soul,  in  my 
thus  following  him,  though  mourning,  is  never  to 
be  forgot  by  m/  Soul :  7nis  was  about  the  fcven* 
teenth  Year  of  my  Age. 

Jl  BHS 


C     6     ) 

But  I  4m  not  eafy  to  proceed  much  farther  in  this 
Account,  without  making  mention  of  fome  few 
Cafes  refpedting  my  younger  Time  ;  and  though 
they  may  feem  little  in  fome  Readers  Thoughts,  yet 
I  cannot  but  think  they  may  be  of  Service  to  others, 
and  at  leaft  ftand  as  a  Teftimony  to  the  Purity,  and 
Spirituality,  of  the  blefled  and  glorious  Gofpel  Dif- 
penfation  of  God,  in  pouring  of  his  Spirit  upon  ail 
Fleih,  and  writing  his  L*w  in  Mens  Hearts. 

When  I  was  between  fix  and  feven  Years  old, 
as  near  as  I  can  collect,  being  at  fome  little  Play 
with  another  Boy,  through  the  Force  of  a  fudden 
Temptation,  I  fwore  an  Oath,  which  not  with  ttand- 
ing  it  was  to  a  Truth,  yet  fuch  fecret  Conviction  of  the 
J£vil  of  fo  doing  in  the  Sight  of  the  Almighty  God, 
ib  affected  my  Mind  with  Sorrow  and  Remorfe,  as 
made  a  lading  Imprellion  on  my  Judgment ;  and 
alfo  imprinted  that  Warning  and  Fear  in  my  Heart 
in  this  refpcdt,  that  I  never  did  the  like  fince  on 
any  Occasion. 

Wherefore  as  I  cannot  but  believe  that  the  pure 
Law  of  God,  which  is  Light,  makes  its  Ap 
pearance  againft  Evil  in  all,  and  often  in  tender- 
Years  ;  fo  if  a  careful  Regard  were  yielded  in  Youth 
to  this  Inclining  of  the  Day  of  God  in  iecret, 
many  evil  Practices  and  defiling  Liberties  would  be 
prevented,  and  wo.  M  never  get  that  Room  in  the 
Mind,  and  in  Ufe,  which  with  Sorrow  we  too  of 
ten  obferve  they  do. 

Another  Thing  I  am  inclined  to  mention  is,  when 
I  was  about  twelve  or  thirteen  Years  old,  which 
was  after  my  Mother 'sDcceafe,  a  Itrong  Inclination 
took  place  in  me  to  have  a  Coat  made  with  fome  more 
Refeuiblance  of  the  Mode  or  Fafhion  of  the  Time, 
than  in  the  plain  Manner  which  I  had,  with  other 
Friends,  ufed,  and  prevailed  upon  my  Father  t* 
grant  it;  but  I  was  made  fo  uneafy  in  it,  almoft  at 
the  firft  wearing  it,  and  the  more  ib  in  ufmg  it, 

feeling 


(    7     D 

feeling  the  certain  Reproofs  of  the  Spirit  of  T^uth, 
for  my  fo  leaning  to,  and  joining  with  the  vain  and 
reftlcfs  flcfh-pleafing  Spirit  of  the  World,  and  turn 
ing  from  the  fteady  Plainnefs  of  the  unchangeable 
Truth ;  that  I  was  indifputably  fatisfied,  both,  that 
the  Enemy  of  all  Good  worked  in  the  earthly  Af- 
f ections  of  thofe  wherein  he  could  get  Place  to  draw 
out  the  Mind  at  times,  of  the  Youth  efpecially,  af 
ter  the  un fteady  Corruptions  of  the  depraved 
World,  in  its  changeable  and  vain  Fafh ions  in  Drels 
and  Cloathing,  in  order  to  lead  into  the  broad 
Way,  and  by  Degrees  into  the  wide  World,  one 
Step  making  way  for  another.  And  on  the  other 
Hand  I  was  in  Meafure  then,  and  have  been  fincc 
more  immoveably  allured,  that  the  Light  of  the 
Gofpcl-day,  the  Spirit  of  Truth  doth  appear  againft, 
and  reprove  tlie  very  Conception  of  ujch  vain  De- 
fires  and  Inclinations;  and  -would  lead  and  prefervc, 
out  of  them,  if  People  did  but  attend  thereto,  and 
Labour  hone (Hy  to  bear  the  Crofs  of  Chrift  in  this 
uefpedt :  Which  as  it  hath  done  before  our  Age, 
hath  alfp  in  our  Time,  blefifed  be  the  Name  of 
the  Lord  therefore,  faith  my  Soul,  crucified  many 
to  the  World's  Spirit  andWays,  in  thefe  enticing 
and  adulterating  Fafliions,  as  well  as  to  others  of 
its  Evils.  And,  oh!  well  would  it  be  (and  for. 
this  End  ithathbeen  with  me  to  mention  it)  if  Youtk 
would  duly  confider  thefe  Things,  and  learn  to  bear 
the  Yoke  of  Chrift  in  their  tender  Age,  while  they 
are  teachable  and  innocent ;  before  many  wrong 
Liberties  harden  the  Mind,  and  darken  the  Under - 
ftanding,  and  embolden  in  a  Difregard  to  that  one 
ever  bleffed  Spirit  in  the  Heart  which  only  dothand 
muft  lead  Man  to  God  and  true  Godlinefs. 

Another  Thing  is  frefh  in  my  Remembrance, 
which  I  am  not  eafy  without  mentioning :  There 
was  in  our  Meeting  an  antient  and  truly  valuable 
;  and  when  I  was  about  fixteen  or  feven- 
B  z  teen 


(     8     5 

feerul  was  often  affected  wirh  difcouraging  Rea- 
f on  ings  in  myfclf ;  HOUJ  wefooulddo?  and  what  would 
Ivcoms  of  us  ivkcn   lie  died?  Under  this    anxious 
Tnoughtfblnefs  I  was  induced  to  confidcr,  how  and 
by  what  Means  he  was  made  fo  valuable  and  ler- 
viceable  :  That  ir  was  through  his  Faithfulnefs,  his 
•waiting  to  feel  after,  and  adhering  to  that  Manife- 
ilaiion  of  divine  Power  and  Life  from  Almighty 
God,  whereof  he  declared  ;  that  this  Principle,  to 
-which  he  laboured  to  turn  and  gather  Peoples  Mind* 
appeared  in  ail:  And  as  hereby  he  was  made  truly 
ierviceable,  fo  that  heavenly,  living  Principle  was 
tvell  able  to  help,  feed,  fit,  and  preferve  all  who. 
truly  fought  to  know  and  be  fubjeft  to  it,  and  make 
them  truly  ferviceable  al'fo.     Which  Confiderarion 
both  inftructed  and  encouraged  me   to  look  to  the 
Lord,  and  beyond   outward   Inftruments :    And  I 
have  reafon  to  believe,  the  like  Thoughts  affected 
feme  others  of  our  Youth  in  that  Meeting  alfo  to 
Advantage. 

For  as  the  laid  Mir  ifter  was  taken  away  by  Death 
in  about  a  Year  after,  the  heavenly  and  merciful 
Sprihgings  cf  divine  Life,  fo  owned  and  relieved 
inany  of  us,  in  our  hurrble  hungerings  after  it,  tho" 
much  filer*  'ln  our  Meeting,  that  there  foon  ap 
peared  a  lively  arid  truly  religious  Growth  among 
us  ;  and  in  little  more  than  two  Years  afrer  the.  a- 
forefaid  Friend's  Deceafe,  there  were  Five  of  us 
engaged  by  the  Truth  to  open  our  Mouths  in  the 
Miaiftry  of  the  Gofpel,  to  the  Satisfaction  and  Com 
fort  of  the  Meeting.  So  that  inftead  of  a  Decay 
and  a  Declention,  about  which  I  had  been  diftref- 
fjd  wkh  Fear,  our  Meeting  increafed  in  Number 
and  in  true  Godlinefs. 

Now  as  diicouraging  Thoughts,  from  fereral 
Sorts  of  Profpe6ts,  may  at  Times  attend  even  fome 
well  difpofed  Minds,  and  which  the  evil  Spirit  may. 
be  bufy  in  making  Ufc  of  to  their  Hurt,  and  Weak- 


(     9     ) 

enmg  their  Faith  ;  fo  that  it  is  neceflary  to  endea 
vour  to  watch  againft  him,  and  call  to  Mind  with 
finccre  Devotednefs,  wherein  the  alone  Sufficiency 
of  God's  People  is :  And  by  duly  feeking  to  wicncfs 
divine  Help  and  Succour  from  Chriil  the  goodShep- 
herd,  even  one  Perfon,  tho'  poor  and  often  deje6t- 
ed,  may  become  inftrumental  to  excite  and  encou 
rage  others  in  a  rightly  religious  Application,  draw 
ing  down  more  of  divine  and  truly  ftrongrhning 
Help  ;  by  which  Means  manv  People  and  Meetings 
have  been  revived  and  helped,  and  have  become 
more  fruitful,  to  thePraife  of  God. 

For  as  I  have  fometimes  heard  Complaints,  or  a 
Bemoaning  of  the  S'.ate  of  fome  Places.,  for  the  Few- 
r.eis  cf  Minifters  and  truly  religious  Helpers  in 
the  Churches,  and  I  believe  not  without  Caufr ; 
yet  it  hath  long  been  my  Judgment,  that  this  is  prin 
cipally  owing  to  too  many  of  our  Brethren  (in  Pro- 
fellion)  indulging  themfelves,  in  neglecting  a  pro 
per  Labour  to  improve  the  Gift  or  Manifestation  of 
the  Spirit  ot  Truth,  given  to  every  Man  ro  profit 
•with  ;  and  fo  hold  their  ProfdHon  of  tl*e  Dodrincs 
of  Truth,  in  a  barely  rational  Apprehenfion  and 
carnal  Under  Handing  ;  which  as  our  Saviour  jfefus 
Chriil  taught  in  the  Parable  of  t!)c  nr.prsf :,  'bis "  Ss r~ 
vant,  was  attended  with  taking  awa/  ihac  \;;:ic'j  h^ 
had,  and  fo  came  on  a  dark,  reftlelr  Cnrdirion  : 
While thofe  who  diligently  regarded  theGiver'^Di- 
rection,  to  attend  upon  the  Gift,  improved  if,  and 
more  was  given  :  And  it  is  promifed  to  the  Faith 
ful  in  the  Litrle,  that  more  ihallbe  entruft^d  to  them  • 
which  ofcen  hath  been,  and  yet  will,  I  believe,  bo 
fulfil'dto  the  Honeft,  Diligent  and  Spiritual- minded. 
Thus  as  many  Perfons  and  Meetings,  by  labouring 
to  be  found  in  their  Duty,  feeking  their  Souls  In- 
tereft,  have  been  regarded  ;  and  by  Degrees,  thro* 
the  humbling  Operation  of  the  Power  of  Chrift, 
the  bleffed  and  cvcrlai  ing  High  Prieft,  fitted  for, 

and 


C      i°     ) 

and  engaged  in  the  Service  of  the  Lord  in  his  Wif- 
ciom  ;  (bine  in  one  Station  and  fome  in  others,  to 
the  Edification  of  the  Body,  and  the  Building  up  and 
Beautifying  his  City  Zw/in  the  Sight  of  Nations. 
And  oh!  that  this  right  Thoughtful  nefsund  Appli 
cation  of  Heart,  which  is  both  the  Doty  and  cer 
tain  Intered  of  Mankind,  may  more  and  more  pre 
vail  when  I  am  no  longer  here  ;  and  be  a  Means 
of  Rich  Frunfalnefs  in  Righteoiithefi  and  heavenly 
Qualifications,  to  fliew  forth  the  Praife  of  God  irt 
the  Earth,  that  Multitudes  may  lee  and  flock  to  Zien 
with  everlatfing  Joy  upon  their  Heads. 


When  I  was  about  the  eighteenth  Year  of  my 
Age,  a  nearly  a&e&ing  Exercife  befel  me  ;  my  Fa 
ther  being  profecured  on  Account  of  his  Chriftian 
Teftimony  againft  Tithes,  nnd  carried  to  Prifon  at 
York,  forty  Miles  from  our  Dwelling  ;  and  I  being 
the  Eldeft  he  then  had  living,  both  the  Care  of 
three  other  younger  Children,  and  oar  Bufinefs. 
and  Servants  fell  upon  me  ;  this  with  my  Father's, 
Impriforirnent  at  fuch  a  Diftance,  and  he  in  a  poor 
State  of  Health,  brought  a  deep  and  heavy  Concern. 
upon  me,  that  Things  might  be  well  outwardly  ; 
and  I  well  remember  a  Kialman  (not  of  our  Socie 
ty)  came  to  fee  me,  labouring  to  improve  the 
Thought  of  our  prcfent  Difficulties,  and  urged  me 
fironglp  to  give  him  Liberty'  to  agree  with  my  Fa 
ther's  Profecutor,  and  that  I  v/ould  rcirnburfe  him 
the  Money  ;  which  when  I  confidsred  a  Hctle,  my 
Under  {landing  was  of  a  fudden  fully  fatisfied,  that 
ic  was  the  Mind  and  Caule  of  God  that  thisTeftimo- 
ny  againft  Tithes  in  this  Difpenfation  fnould  be 
borne,  and  that  what  Suffering  tocver  might  attend 
our  Faithfulncfs  to  him,  he  could  readily  make  up, 
and  I  then  believed  he  would  ;  as  on  the  other  Hand 
that  he  could  foon  blaft  and  confume  any  feerning 
cs  tknt  raigac  be  hoped  for,  by  giving, 

Way 


Way  to  feifim.  Realbning,  or  furinking  from  the 
f,iitiiful  and  reverent  bearing  of:  that  XelHmoay. 
Thus  Truth  itfclf,  as  it  were  in  a  Moment,  both 
cleared  my  Judgment,  and  brought  a  holy  Bold- 
neis,,  wkh  lieavenly  Comfort  over  my  Soul;  in 
which  I  anfwered  the  Man  fo,  that  he  went  no  far 
ther  in  the  Cafe. 

I  am  the  more  Mrongly  induced  to  mention  this, 
In  order  to  leave  an  additional  and  experimental 
Teittmony  to  the  Kcurnefs  and  Qeiirnefe  of  the  In~ 
Iliining  of  the  Light  of  the  Gofpel,  tie  true  Light 
that  tnlipltent  every  Jl'an,  to  convince  the  Under- 
•ftanding'of  what  is  Evii,  and  to  lead  into  the  Prac 
tice  of  Truth  ;  and  I  fully  believe,  thau  a.s  a  truly 
innocent  and  honcft  Defire  hath  due  Place  in  the 
Mind  and  Soul  to  know,  and  be  enabled  to  do  the 
Will  of  the  Lord  our  God,  the  ProfefTors  of  the 
blefled  Truth  efyccially ,  would  have  their  Judgment* 
rightly  open'd  and  cleared,  rdpedting  this  Chri- 
ftiun  Teftimony  a  gainft  paving  Tithes  in  any  Shape  ; 
and  would  find  it  to  be  their  Duty,  and  be  encou 
raged  in  themfelves,  in  feeling  the  Arifing  of  di 
vine  Life  and  heavenly  Power,  to  (l^nd  firmly  and 
-adt  chearfully  with  their  faithful  Friends,  in  con- 
feffing  Chrift  before  Men  in  this  refpccl,  in  Add 
ons  as  well  as  Words  That  as  it  is  an  everlaiting 
Truth  that  God  is  One,  and  his  Way  is  One  ;  fo 
the  People  profeflin^  the  One  Truth,  may  walk 
and  adt  confidently  with  that  One  Way  in  ail  Things. 

During  my  Father's  Imprifonrnent,  for  want  of 
his  i'taying,  guarding  Eye  ;  and  prefent  Help  to 
•watch  again  ft  and  refift  Temptations  to  hurtful  and 
deadning  Liberties,  I  iutFered  feme  Lofs  inwardly  ; 
and  as  it  was  chiefly  by  regarding  Company  too 
loofe  and  airily  difpofed,  particularly  fome  of  our 
•Servants,  I  again  earneilly  dedrc,  that  ail  poiTible 
Care  may  be  exerciled  by  Parents  who  iiavc  acKcarc 
thek  Chiite.:i  GrowiiuaQodiincls,  to  keep  them 

fronj 


C       12      ) 

from  corrupting  Company,  and  the  Dangers  the? 
are  expofed  to  from  irreligious  Servants.  The 
•want  of  which  hearry  zealous  Care,  having  cer 
tainly  been  an  Inlet  to  many  ruinous  Temptations, 
often  deflru&ive  both  to  Religion  and  Morality  ; 
the  Scale  of  my  own  Loft,  and  the  Dangers  I  was 
in  of  fullering  more  induceth  me  to  leave  this  Re 
mark;  both  as  a  Caution  to  others,  and  with  deep 
and  awful  Reverence  to  acknowledge  the  merciful 
Goodncfs  of  God,  in  fecretly  difquietirgand  bring 
ing  a  Dread  over  my  Heart,  to  deter  me  from  Li 
berties,  which  though  not  generally  condemned, 
yet  the  Lord  would  not  allow  me  in,  mercifully 
following  me  at  times  with  heavy  and  fevere  Re-4 
proofs ;  and  as  I  endeavoured  to  fit  down  under  his 
ehaitifing  Hand  and  Power,  revealing  itfclf  againft 
the  Remains  of  the  Lufts  of  the  Flefh,  lie  was  pleafed 
to  deal  gently  with  me,  mixing  Mercy  with  Judg 
ment,  and  filling  my  Soul  again  and  again  with  re 
verent  Hope,  as  well  as  humble  Supplication,  that 
he  would  throughly  purge  me,  and  fpare  nothing 
alive  in  me  that  was  offenfive  to  him.  Thus  was 
my  Heart  often  exercifed  both  by  Night  and  by 
Day,  in  the  Fields  alone  and  in  Company,  often 
likewife  when  about  my  Bufinefs;  and  fcmetinies 
the  Brightnefs  of  the  Salvation  of  God,  and  Enlar 
ging*  of  his  Love  were  fo abundant  in  my  Soul,  that 
I  could  fcarce  (nor  did  I  always)  keep  from  falling 
down  upon  the  Ground  to  udore  and  worfhip  his 
glorious  Prefence.  And  at  fometimes  I  apprehended 
it  might  be  required  of  me,  to  open  my  Mouth  for 
the  Lord  in  the  Congregation,  which  v.as  an  ex*- 


eecdingly  humbling  Matter  to  me  to  th'*r,k  o 
My  Father  being  reicafed  from  Prifon  a 


fi:er  a- 


bout  fix  Months  Confinement,  I  had  feme  out- 
ward  Eafe,  though  I  had  a  deep  mournful  Travel 
inwardly,  often  feeling  little  living  Comfort, 
but  a  heavy  humbling;  Weight,  which  at  Times  I 
fiill  feared  was  in  Difplcaiure  :  But  as  nothing 

bur 


C     13     ) 

nothing  but  divine  Favour  could  give  me  any  real 
Satisfaction,  lb  a  iieady  SubmiiTion  to  bear  his  pur 
ging  H;ind  was  my  Delire  and  i'ecret  Hope. 

When  I  was  about  ths  Age  of  Nineteen  my  Fa 
ther  was  removed  from  us  by  Death,  which  again 
increafed  my  Exercifc  in  divers  refpects ;  but  as  I 
endeavoured  to  leek  the  Favour  and  Counfel  of  the 
moft  high  God,  he  was  pleafed  to  remember  me 
•with  merciful  Kelp  many  Ways  .•  And  I  believe  he 
open'd  my  Way  to  have  lefs  temporal  Bufinefs, 
which  was  not  only  fome  Eafe  to  my  Mind,  but 
more  fafe  in  feveral  refpects,  it  giving  Opportuni 
ty  for  mere  imdiliurbed  Retirement  of  Mind  to  feel 
after  the  Salvation  of  God.  , .. 

And  now  in  my  twentieth  Ifear  I  was  often  more 
apprehenfive,  that  fomething  of  the  Miniftry  of  the 
Gofpel  would  be  laid  upon  me  ;  and  fome  Words 
and  Matter  would  often  come  before  me,  in  waiting 
attentively  upon  the  Lord  in  our  Meetings :  But  I 
was  very  much  afraid  of  being  miftaken,  as  well  as 
backward  about  fo  weighty  a  Work,  and  put  it  oft* 
one  Time  afte  r  another ;  bat  I  was  often  e  xceeding- 
ly  diftreflcd  after  Meetings,  under  a  Thought  that 
I  had  refufed  to  arifwer  the  Requiring  of  God,  and 
had  thereby  incurred  his  Difpleafure  fo  as  not  to 
be  forgiven.  .  l-nder  thefe  Toflings  and  Fears  I  of 
ten  concluded  in  my  Heart,  that  if  I  was  but  certain 
that  it  was  the  Requiring  of  the  Lord,  I  would  en 
deavour  to  obey,  whatever  was  the  Event.     Thus 
I  often  concluded  both  out  of  Meetings  and  in  Meet 
ings  ;  and  fome  Matter  would  often  be  bef jre  me^ 
but  in  a  more  transient  Manner,  or  lefs  certainly 
ciilHncc  and  pcfitive,  than  what  I  reverently  and 
fmcerely  begged  for. 

And  after  this  poor,,  diftreffing,  flfting  Manner, 

.t  waded  near  about  a  Year  ;    but  when  the  Time 

c,;ame  indeed,  that  I  was  to  open  my  Mouth  in  a  few 

Words  for  the  Lord  among  his  People,  it  was  ib; 

C  vndif- 


C    14    ) 

indifputably  clear,  that  I  had  no  Scruple  of  Its  be 
ing  certainly  the  holy  Requiring  :  And  yet  in  fear 
I  realbned  it  away  one  Meeting,  to  my  deep  Sor 
row.  But  the  ail- feeing  One  knew  it  was  from  an 
innocent  Fear,  and  not  a  rebellious  contemning  his 
fmall  Appearance,  and  therefore  he  gracioufly 
owned  me  again  ;  and  in  another  Meeting  ihortly 
after,  a  frefh,  ftrong  Motion,  or  Concern,  came 
upon  me,  and  I  broke  forth  in  a  few  Words,  but 
fcarcely  durtt  ftand  up  uponmy  Feet :  Ard  after  the 
Meeting  I  got  :nietly  away,  with  fomc  Eafe  and  an 
holy  Peace  of  Mind,  but  thought  I  fhpujd  perhaps 
never  be  farther  concerned  that  Way  :  Yet  now 
and  then  a  Neceflity  came  upon  metofpexk  a  L'ttle  a- 
gaint,  w  iiichl  raoitiy  endea .  ouredto  anfwer,  but  with 
great  Fear  and  Cure  nor  to  enlarge  beyond  the  Re 
quiring  ;  which  Fear  often  prevailed  upon  me,  fo 
as  h.ifHly  to  deliver  a  fmaii  Part  only  of  what  was 
fet  before  me,  by  which  many  Times  I  got  but  lit 
tle  Eafe  ard  Satisfaction  ,  fo  that  I  was  ftiil  ready  to 
fear,  and  fometimes  to  conclude  1  was  wrong  fome 
VVav,  but  knew  not  wherein:  And  under  thefeAp- 
preiienfions  1  was  often  much  dejected,  and  hum 
bled  in  deep  Travel  to  be,  and  to  do  what  Truth 
would  have  me,  be  the  Event  as  to  myfelf  what  it 
might  ;  which  hearc/  Care  and  Fear  I  was  made 
fenfible,  was  favourably  regarded  by  the  all  wife 
Being,  by  the  humbling Senfe  of 'his  awful  Prefence 
being  near,  notwithstanding  the  threatning  Dan 
ger  of  being  overfet  by  fore  Todings  focrecly,  and 
various  Temptations  which  the  evil  Spirit  was  per 
mitted  to  aflault  me  with ;  fo  that  for  fome  Months 
I  could  not  either  eat  or  ileep  much,  but  was  often 
alone  in  the  Fields  both  Day  and  Night,  mourning 
under  a  Load  of  inward  Sorrow  and  deep  Fe;;.r,  lelt 
I  fhould  yet  become  a  Caihwav  ;  but  by  Degrees  I 
was  brought  to  a  Dtfire  after  Stiinefj>,  and  a  pati 
ent  waiting  for  the  laving  Help  of  God  to  appear  -f 

that 


that  if  happily  the  blefTed  Saviour  might  arife  and  - 
rebuke   Jiofe  diftreiling  Waves    which  lay  heavy 
upon  my  Soul,  occasioning  a  vifible  Declenfion  in 
my  Health. 

But  in  thus  labouring  afe^r  Scilnefs,  and  thro* 
Submiflion  to  the  Day  burning  as  an  Ov'en,  one  Difr 
ficuity  a  ter  another,  and  the  difturbir.g  afflicting 
Uncertainties  and  Imaginations  wherewith  1  wasbe- 
fet  during  this  dark  Time,  gradually  vanifhed,  and 
more  powerful  and  living  Light,  with  an  humbling 
yet  joyful  Hopefpread  ir.  and  over  my  Soul  ;  which, 
as  on  one  Hand  the  Senfe  of  the  Mercy,  and  a  Feel- 
ingin  Degree  of  the  Sal  vat  ion  of  God,  was  made  the 
more  unutterably  glorious  and  precious  to  my  Soul; 
fo  I  was  on  the  other,  more  preiiingly  and  clearly 
inftru6ted  and  warned  to  be  fearful  and  watchful 
Both  againii  unrighteous  vain  Self,  and  againft  Self 
creeping  in,  and  acting  in  the  Shape  or  Shew  of 
Religion.  Thus  it  was  given  me  to  lee  and  confi- 
der,  that  the  holy  One  was  not  only  letting  up  his 
Judgments  in  the  Earth  for  condemning  Sin  and 
obvious  Evils  in  the  Fiem,  that  the  Righteoufnefs 
of  the  Law  might  be  fulfilled  in  me  ;  but  that  he 
would  overturn,  overturn  ail  Re!ts  or  Dsper.deiv.'es 
rneerly  human  refpecting  Religion  trut  h-^  the  Lord 
in  whom  alone  is  Sufficiency,  might  rule  and  have. 
thePre- eminence  in  all  Thirds .  and  in  a  fpco  i]  d 
particular  Manner,  in  the  Mtnifters  of  ,iu-  U'-f^ci. 

And  I  am  concerned  to  ohferve  this  farther,  in 
relation  to  the  uncertain  Manner  in  which  fome 
Matter  and  Expressions  were  before  me  in  Meet 
ings,  as  is  hinted  above,  at  Times  for  near  a  Year: 
When  the  clear  and  evident  Time  and  Requiring 
came,  I  then  faw  diftindtly  (and  I  have  often  con- 
fidered  it  fince)  it  was  a  Trial  fuftered  to  attend  me, 
whether  I  would  venture  to  act  in  the  Uncertainty, 
(though  a  Meafure  of  the  Prefencc  of  Truth  was 
about  me  for  my  own  Help  to  worihip)  and  by 
C  z  bring- 


bringing  forth  untimely  and  unripe  Fruit,  foon  fall 
to  Deca/,  and  become  rather  hurtful  than  flrength- 
ning  to  others.  But  tho'  the  Lord  our  Righ  Prieff 
fuffered  this  exercifing  Trial' to  attend  me,  he  did 
not  leave  me  to  fall  and  mifcarry  here,  but  he  re- 
r-ewed  Fear  and  Refolution  to  do  my  befr,  to  wait 
for  difdncl:  Affurance  of  his  Injunction,  if  I  muft 
fee  fo  concerned  :  Which  as  it  was  and  is  my  Duty, 
fo  I  believe  it  to  be  the  Duty  of  others  alfo,  and  ac 
ceptable  to  the  Lord,  who  fails  not,  nor  ever  will 
fail  to  manifeft  his  Mind,  as  he  is  duly  fought  unto, 
for  Under  Handing  to  do  what  he  requires. 

But  I  am  not  without  Fear,  that  fuch  a  due  At 
tention  for  diIHn6t  Certainty  of  the  immediate  Call 
or  Requiring^  of  the  Word  of  Life,  hath  not  always 
beenfuitably  practifcd  ;  and  for  want  hereof,  fome 
have  appeared  as  Minifters  before  ripe,  and  have 
brought  forth  Fruit  of  very  little  Service,  if  not  de 
trimental;1  becaufe  none  can  give  what  they  them- 
felves  have  riot :  Whereas  if  thefe  had  waited  with 
proper  Diligence  for  the  living  W"ord  to  open  and 
engage,  in  the  entire  Subjection  of  Self,  they  might 
have  Been  great  and  good  Inftruments,  as  Clouds 
filled  by  the  Lord  with  heavenly  Rain.  -  And  as  the 
divine  arid  certain  Requiring  of  Truth,  is  the  only 
right  Entrance  into  the  Miniftry,  becaufe  the  Lord 
faid,  Some  run  and  I  fent  tl>em  nct^  therefore  they  fnall 
wot  prcft  the- People;  fo  it  is  only  his freih  and  renew 
ed  Requiring,  'not  only  opening  Matter  to'fpeak, 
but  engaging  to  fpeak  it  at  this  Time,  whereby  the 
Church  or  Particulars  are  edified,  as  our  Father 
•would  have  his  Children  edified.  Thele  Obferva- 
tion.s  refpedb'rtg  the  Entrance  into,  and  proceed 
ing  in  the  Miniftry  of  the  Gofpel,  I  could  not  be 
eafy  without  leaving  behind  me,  believing  they  will' 
Afford  Inftruction  and  Encouragement  to  fome  Iow~ 
and  careful  Travellers;  and  like  wife  afford  fome 


iieceflary  Caution  to  fuch  as  may  be  In  more  Dan 
ger  of  being  too  adtive. 

I  may  now  proceed  farther  to  mention,  that  tho* 
I  was  nearly  try'd,  and  had  many  hidden  Sorrows 
under  the  Weight  of  the  heavenly  refining  Hand  ; 
yet  a  Degree  of  living  Hope  was  often  revived  that 
I  might  m  time,  through  humble  Attention  and 
godly  Care,  be  let  more  at  liberty  an  the  Freedom 
of  a  Son;  and  thro'  a  true  Labour  to  wait  carefully 
for  the  diftinct  Openings  of  the  Light  of  Life,  and 
being  faithful  thereto,  I  ihould  gather  Strength  to 
difcharge  myfelf  to  more  Eafe  and  Satisfaction,  in 
the  little  Appearance  in  public  I  was  engaged  in  : 
But  I  had  fo  many  difccuraging  Views,  and 
•was  often  almoft  wholly  caft  down  after  fome 
little  Spring  of  Eafe  and  Comfort  in  the  Love 
and  Peace  of  God,  that  I  often  thought  I  had 
furely  more  Drofs  and  Refufe  in  my  Nature 
tnan  other  Men,  and  therefore  I  mult  go  ofmer  in 
to  the  Furnace,  and  be  melted  down  again  and  a- 
gain:  But  I  often  begged  the  Lord  not  to  fpare  any 
thing  in  me  that  was  offenfive  to  him,  how  low 
ibever  I  was  brought,  fo  that  he  would  but  deal 
with  me  in  Mercy  and  not  forfake  me:  And  gra 
cious  Goodnefs  was  pleafed  to  vouchfafe  Regard, 
and  flaying  Help,  as  a  tender  and  wife  Father, 
knowing  me  better  than  I  did  myfelf,  and  acquaint 
ing  me  feelingly  with  my  Nothirgnefs,  and  with 
the  abfolute  Neceiiity  of  his  own  Power  to  enable 
rne  both  to  live,  and  efpecially  ro  a£t  in  Religion, 
on  any  Account  truly  to  his  Praife. 

About  this  Time  I  found  my  Mind  drawn  to  vifit 
fomerimes  one  neighbouring  Meeting,  fometimes 
another,  tho'  much  afraid  to  go  becaufe  of  the  Ex 
pectation  that  would  be  towards  me,  thro*  a  Senfe 
of  my  own  Weaknefs,  and  a  Fear  left  I  Hiould  do 
more  Hurt  than  Good  :  But  as  I  thus  endeavoured 
fco  anfwer  fuch  Draw  ing,  I  was  beyond  my  Ex 
pectation 


(     18     ) 

pectation  often  owned,  and  ftrengthened  by  and 
in  the  Word  of  Life  to  fpeak  a  Little  with  that 
Demonftration,  which  was  edifying  to  others  and 
eafy  to  my  Spirit;  begetting  humble  and  living  Re 
verence  in  my  Soul,  with  fecrec  Worfhip  and  Praifes 
to  the  Almighty  Helper :  Yet  it  was  exceeding!/ 
awful  to  me,  and  what  I  could  not  readily  gcttoobey 
the  Truth  in,  to  open  my  Mouth  in  Supplication 
to  the  infinite  holy  One  in  public  AiTemblies,  thof 
I  was  often  full  of  Praifes  to  his  mighty  and  glorious 
Name:  But  as  he  faw  the  Reafon  of  my  putting  off 
fome  ftrong  Motions  to  call  verbal!/  upon  the  Lord, 
fo  he  dealt  tenderly  with  me,  and  renewed  Strength 
to  comply  with  die  Motions  of  Life  in  this  refpect, 
but  wich  inexpreffible  Fear  and  Awfulnete:  Which 
holy  Dread  and'  due  Caution  I  b?g  may  ever  be 
properly  renewed  upon  all  Hearts  from  time  to 
time,  in  the  Exercife  of  this  foleran  Duty. 

A  Concern  ar  this  Time  (being  then  about  the 
twenty  lecond  Year  of  my  Age)  came  upon  me  to 
vifit  Friends  in  Scotia*^  and  I  acquainted  fome  of  our 
Friends,  the  Eiders  efpecially,  therewich,  who 
Carefully  encouraged  me  in  it;  and  I  hearing  of 
fome  other  Friends  likewife  fo  concerned,  I  gave 
up  to  go  along  with  them,  with  their  freeConfcnt; 
and  the  Monthly  Meeting  approving  my  Propofal, 
gave  me  a  Certificate  according  to  good  Order  : 
And  fetting  for  ward  in  muc-ji  Fear  and  Lowlinefs  of 
Mind,  I  met  the  other  Friends  at  Carltfle^  and  tra 
velled  with  them  into  the  Wtfl  of  Scotland,  to 
Gfafqpiv  and  fome  other  Places,  y/here  we  had  fa- 
tisfi6tor/  Meetings,  and  came  to  ftfinburgh :  From 
thenee  we  went  into  the  North,  vifi ting  the  Meet 
ings  of  Friends  to  AlotrdsW)  and  where  any  Meet 
ings  were  fettled  :  Friends  every  where  appearing 
glad  of  our  Vifit ;  and  being  eafy  thereaway,  we 
returned  by  Edinburgh^  and  fo  by  Kelfo  into  Gum- 
bsrlaruf.  We  travelled  together  in  true  Unity  and 

Comfort, 


(     19     ) 

Comfort,  divine  Regard,  .and  frefh  heavenly  Help 
bein;<  gracioafly  afforded  us,  from  Pia-je  to  Place, 
enabling  us  to  perform  the  Service  *  -which 
we  were  drawn  thither  ;  And  tho'  we  met  with  a- 
bun*  ye  Treatment*  in  feveral  Places,  ef penally 
at  Glafeow  and  Edinburgh,  by  the  mobbifh  Part  of 
the  People  diiturbing  Friends  Meetings,  by  caft- 
ing  Stones  or  any  other  Matter  at  Hand  amongft 
them;  which  was  a  very  frequent  Practice  and 
continued  many  Years,  yet  we  were  preferved 
from  any  material  Hurt;  And  for  my  own  Part,  as 
I  had  nothing  to  depend  upon,  but  as  it  might 
pleafe  the  Lord  our  God  to  open  and  fupply  with 
his  own  Hand ;  fo  attending  patiently  upon  him, 
that  his  Will  might  be  done,  he  failed  riot  to  afford 
both  daily  Bread  to  live  upon,  and  often  Help 
and  Engagement  to  labour  in  the  Miniftry,  which 
fecmed  much  to  Friends  Satisfaction,  and  very  much 
more  to  my  own  than  I  dared  to  hope  for,  fo  that 
I  returned  with  Peace  and  Encouragement  humbly 
to  truft  in  God,  and  to  follow  the  Drawings  of  his 
pi  vine  Love. 

I  had  given  up  Houfe-keeping  fome  Time  before 
this  Journey,  yet  kept  a  little  Ground  in  my  own 
Hands  for  fome  neceflary  Employ,  which  I  loved 
and  believed  was  good  for  me,  both  for  the  Body, 
and  a  beneficial  Stay  to  the  Mind.  Yet  being  much 
alone,  I  had  often  comfortable  Retirements,  thro* 
the  merciful  Regard  of  divine  GoodneCs,  opening 
heavenly  Inftruction,  and  increafing  clear  Difcern- 
inent  betwixt  the  transformed  and  betraying  Sug- 
geftions  of  the  evil  Spirit,  and  the  iteady ,  pure,  hea 
venly  Openings  and  Motions  of  che  Word  and  Spi 
rit  of  Truth. 

But  fome  fartheV  Concern  and  Drawings  to  leave 
home  coming  upon  me,  I  thought  it  belt  to  difpofc 
•fthattaMaud  BufiAeisalfbj  yet  for  Employ 
ment 


C      *°      ) 

ment  I  work'd  often  for  fome  others,  both  for  a 

Living,  and  that  my  Mind  might  not  be  too  much 
difengaged  from  ibme  temporal  Concerns  ;  wherein 
there  appeared  to  me  then,  and  more  fo  fince,  a 
Danger  of  being  tempted  to  be  eafily  drawn  abroad 
(after  having  been  fomewhat  engaged  to  travel)  e- 
ven  before  or  without  that  diftindt  Requiring  of 
Truth,  both  to  go  and  return,  in  which  only  the 
Minifters  of  Chrifi:  move  in  true  Safety,  and  to 
right  Edification  :  And  by  indulging  fuch  an  Incli 
nation,  may  be  in  Danger  of  milling  or  lofing  the 
clear  Knowledge  of  the  pure  Requirings  of  the  e- 
verlafting  High  Prieft ;  and  fo  make  Way  for  For 
mality,  a  barren  Miniitry  and  unprofitable  Labour, 
whereby  fome  have  hurt  themfeives,  with  refpedt 
to  real  Service  in  the  Church,  and  true  Efleem  a- 
inong  the  living  and  fenfibie  Part  of  the  People. 

And  yet  on  the  other  Hand  I  was  afraid  (and  fo 
ihould  all  Minifters)  of  being  involved  in  temporal 
Concerns  fo  much,  as  to  hinder  me  from  true  in 
ward  Retiring  often  to  feel  the  Life  of' Truth,  for 
the  daily  Supply  of  my  Soul,  and  where  I  might 
underftand  when  he  called  to  Service  abroad  ;  and 
made  willing  and  ready  to  leave  any  Thing  to  fol 
low  the  Lord's  Drawings, 

Some  Months  after  the  aforefaid  litde  Journey,  I 
found  it  my  Concern  to  vifitmore  of  our  own  Coun 
ty,  and  the  County  o£Durhamy  and  after  wardsfeve- 
ral  other  northern  Counties :  And  it  pleafed  the 
Lord,  the  bleiTed  Fountain  of  VVifdom  and  all  tru 
ly  lufficient  Help,  not  only  to  engage  me  in  that 
Service,  but  to  furniili  with  Supply  for  inward 
Life,  and  public  Labour,  to  my  humbling  Admira 
tion  before  him,  I  being  altogether  £>oor  and  emp 
ty,  but  as  he  renewed  Help  afrelh  in  my  careful 
waiting  upon  him  for  it.  And  indeed1  his  Goings- 
forth  in  my  Miniitry  in  that  Vifit,  were  often  won 
derful  to  me,  both  becaule  of  the  humbling  and  eii- 

cou- 


C       21      j 

touraging  Effect  that  my  Labour  had  upon  t!«e  Bet 
ter-minded,  the  Younger  elpecially,  and  which  was 
not  forgot  by  many  while  they  lived;  and  likewifc 
the  terrible  and  awakening  Calls  to  fome  bold  Li 
bertines,  and  thofe  who  were  fitting  down  in  the 
Deadnefs  of  Formality.  .  Though  this  Labour  was 
like  a  Fire  to  the  Houfe  of  Efau,  and  therefore  un- 
£leafant  to  fome  ;  yet  the  inward  and  living  among 
the  People  were  relieved  and  made  ^lad  in  the  Lord, 
whofe  Favour  and  Peace  often  filled  my  Heart  with 
awful  Reverence  towards  him,  with  ftrcng  Defires 
purely  to  know,  and  be  helped  to  do  his  Will  faith 
fully. 

About  this  Time  feveral  wrere  convinced  in  the 
northern  Parts  where  I  wasdrawn  to  vifit,  and  were 
gathered  into  the  Knowledge  of  Truth  ;  of  whom 
iome  became  valuable  Mini  tiers  of  the  Gofpel. 

Bur  I  ftill  loved  to  be  as  much  at  home  with  our 
own  Friends  as  I  could  with  Eafe,  and  to  labour 
with  my  Hands  in  the  Creation,  though  fome  Con 
cern  was  growing  upon  me  towards  Part  of  the 
South  ;  which  as  I  kept  ftifl  in  my  Mind,  defiring 
fo  fee  my  Duty  clearly,  both  PiacesandTim.es  were 
let  plainly  before  me,  and  a  haftning  to  go  forward, 
So  with  the  Approbation  of  our  Friends  at  home,  I 
fet  out  in  a  poor  low  Frame  of  Spirit,  full  of  Fear, 
and  reverent  De fire  after  heavenly  Help,  and  went; 
through  moft  of  the  Meetings  in  .the  Weftern  Side 
of  the  Nation,  and  to  London  .<•  And  after  fome 
Weeks  ftay  and  Labour  there  as  Truth  gave  Abili 
ty,  I  travelled  Weft  wards,  through  feveral  Coun- 
fies  to  the  Land''s-end  inCornwall;  then  back  by  Bri- 
ftol  to  the  Yearly  Meeting,  and  fhortly  after  that. 
turned  into  Wales,  vifiting  (as  I  remember)  all  the 
Meetings  of  Friends  there,  alfo  in  Chejhire  and  Part' 
©f  Lancer?  ;  and  fo  home  again  with  Gladnefs  and 
Thankfulnefs  of  Heart  for  many  Reaibns,  having1 
?;cefi  abcat  nine  Months  on  that  Journey,  tho'  S. 
0  *r«i" 


(       22      ) 

travelled  diligently :  My  Health  being  prefer  vedal- 
rr.oft  to  me  wonderfully,  tho'  as  I  came  thro'  Somer- 
fetf/ire,  I  was  for  foma  Days  very  ill,  but  preffedfor- 
v/ard  in  the  Service  to  Brijlol,  and  the  Day  I  got  thi 
ther  after  the  Meeting,  the  Aieaflts  appeared  upon  me, 
on  which  occafion  iLepr  Houieonly  twoD^ys;  and 
beingclear  ofthe  Place,  in  a  few  Days  more  He  t  for 
ward  again.  For  an  earneft  Defire  and  Care  was  very 
early  imprinted  upon  me,  and  hath  continued  to 
this  Time,  to  occafion  as  little  Trouble  and  Charge 
to  Friends,  in  my  Travels  as  could  be,  which  I  be 
lieve  is  but  mine  and  every  other  Mirifter's  Duty. 
This  Journey  afforded  various  Occasions  of  pro 
fitable  Inftruction  to  me  :  Sometimes  divine  Good- 
nefs  and  heavenly  Life  was  gracioufly  and  plenti 
fully  opened  in  my  Soul,  both  for  my  own  feeding 
and  rene  w  ing  of  Strength  to  worfliip;  and  furnifhing 
me  with  Matter  and  Power  to  minifter  prevalently 
to  others,  that  the  Name  of  the  Lord  our  God  might 
be  felt  and  glorified  :  Ye:  at  fome  other  Tiraes 
Accefs  to  Food  was  much  more  reftricted,  and  with 
Patience  as  well  as  Diligence  to  be  wreftled  for  : 
Sometimes  it  was  longer  before  any  Thing  was  gi 
ven  to  minifter  to  others,  and  the  Openings  were 
\vith  lefs  Clearncfs  for  a  Time,  and  not  fo  ftrong, 
nor  Engagements  fo  lively  or  fen/ible  to  myfelfas 
I  much  loved:  But  often  as  I  attended  upon  the  Lord 
in  due  Stilnefs  and  Refign-ar.on  of  Mind,  at  fiich 
Times  hath  he  opened  a  Supply  of  Food,  though 
lefs  plentiful,  and  fomething,  though  fmall  in  Ap 
pearance  to  offer  to  the  People  ;  w  hich  I  found  my 
Duty  to  feck  for  fatisfactory  Evidence,  thac  it  was 
a  Degree  ofthe  Word  of  Truth,  before  I  durfl  o- 
pen  my  Mouth,  and  then  contentedly  to  labour  ac 
cording  to  the  Meafure  of  prefent  Ability  :  Yet 
fome  fuch  Seafons,  through  the  merciful,  though 
gradual  Arifiags  of  heavenly  Greatnefs  and  Wif~ 
dom,  were  made  both  comfortable  and  ftrengthen- 

ing: 


(     *3    5 

ing  to  me,  reverently  to  truft  in  the  Lord  ;  and 
iignally  beneficial  and  memorable  to  the  Congregati 
on.  And  thus  I  was  made  a  Witnefs,  -what  it  was 
to  abound,  and  how  to  fufter  Want ;  and  taught  to 
be  refignedly  contentwith  the  various Difpenfations, 
and  Operations  of  the  heavenly  Power;  Neither  in 
more  plentiful  Seafons  to  forget  God  the  blefled 
Author  and  Giver  thereof ;  nor  in  Times  of  Po 
verty  to  put  forth  a  Hand  to  fteal :  And  oh  '  good 
and  gracious  was  that  divine  Arm  of  Power,  which 
engaged  my  Spiritin  that  Travel,  in  many  Refpects, 
fhewing  me  plainly  many  Dangers  and  By-ways, 
which  Youth  efpeci  illy  are  liable  to  fall  inro  ;  and 
that  our  Safety  only  confided  in  keeping  in  watch 
ful  Fear,  and  in  carefully  feeling  after,  from  Day 
to  Day,  the  Influences  ot  divine  Life  in  the  eternal 
Word,  wherein  is  the  Light  of  Men  for  Al  Stati 
ons  and  religious  Services  throughout  aii  Genera 
tions.  And  as  it  was  made,  through  divine  Mercy 
and  Help,  a  teaching,  ftrengthning,  enc.>u;-a;.ring 
Time  to  myfelf;  fb  the  Lord  of  Mercies,  by  thf 
Attendance' of  this  Po  w  er  renewed]  y ,  made  the  La 
bour  I  was  engaged  in,  profitably  awakening  and 
relieving  to  many  :  Several  were  convinced  and 
gathered  to  the  Trurh,  in  this  Journcv  ;  fome  of 
whom,  in  Time,  were  made  zealous  and  uieful 
Minifters  in  the  Church. 

I  was  now  eafy ,  and  comfortably  glad  of  being 
at  home  among  my  Friends,  as  they  were  alfo  there 
with  :  And  here  I  continued  moftly  vifiting  adja 
cent  Meetings,  as  I  found  Drawings  thereto,  and 
attending  our  Monthly  and  Quarterly  Meetings, 
which  for  fome  Years  I  had  had  an  honourable  E- 
fteem  for  ;  being  often  indifputably  fatisfied,  that 
the  Lord  God  in  his  Wifdomand  Power  haddirect- 
ed  to,  and  eftabliflied  them  in  Love  and  Mercy  to 
his  Church  ;  inaimucli  as  I  was  livingly   fenfible, 
in  fitting  reverently  behind  the  Elders  in  Meetings 
for  the  good  Order  and  Difciplinc  of  the  Church ; 
D  2  that 


C    «4    ) 

that  the  divine  Wifdom  and  Prefence  of  the  High; 
'6ft  was  often  with  Friends  for  Counfel  and  Strength, 
enabling  them  to  lift  up  a  Standard  againft  the  Enemy 
of  ail  Godlinefs,  when  likely  to  prevail  through  the 
various  evil  Liberties  of  the  Fiefh. 

In  about  a  Year  after  I  found  a  Concern  grow 
ing  weightily  upon  me,  to  vifit  Friends,  in  Scotland 
again,  and  likewife  in  Ireland^',  with  the  Approba1 
rion  of  my  Friends,  and  (having  a  Certificate  from 
our  Monthly  Meeting)  I  fet  forward  in  the  Sixth 
Month,  1701,  with  humble  Defires  of  Soul  before 
the  Lord  for  his  Prefence  and  Wifdorn  to  guide 
and  enable  me:  I  went  thro'  Cumberland,  to  Edin< 
burgb,  and  fo  to  the  North  of  Scotland^  vi/iting  the 
Meetings  of  Friends  every  where  in  thofe  Party, 
and  returned  by  Edhilourgl)  to  GJafgoWy  and  the 
Meetings  thereaway  :  Being  in  many  Places  truly 
comforted  with  Friends,  and  they  encouraged  ami 
glad  in  a  living  Senfe  of  the  con&nued  fatherly  Re 
gard,  and  Extendings  of  the  Love  of  God  toward 
them  in  that  Nation;  amorigft  a  hard  felf-conceited^ 
•and  in  fome  Places  an  envious  People  :  And  ftill 
a  wicked  Spirit  prevailed  with  the  mobbifii  Peoph 
both  in  Edinburgh  and  Glafgcw,  to  delight  in  difturb- 
ing  Friends  in  almofl  all  their  Meetings;  fomc- 
times  throwing  Stones,  G%.  whiift  others  with  a.'l 
theNoifeand  vaiu  Sport  they  could  invent,  efpc- 
cially  endeavoured  to  drown  the  Voice  of  any  who 
1vere  concerned  to  minifter  publicly  among  them  : 
Yet  at  times  the  Power  and  Authority  of  Truth 
mrofe  over  thofe  wicked  Endeavours,  and  the  evil 
Spirit  was  overborne,  and  fo  weighed  down,  that 
fome  of  the  worft  would  go  away,  and  others  lend 
fome  Attention  to  the  Teftimony  of  Truth;  and 
Friends  were  the  more  edified, 'and  their  Faith 
and  Hope  in  God  ftrengthened.  This  difturbing^ 
envious,  perfecuting  Spirit,  was  fuffered  to  exer- 
dfe  the  Faith  and  Patience  ot  Friends  there,  in  that 

Man- 


C     *5     ) 

Manner,  during  many  Years:  But  a  Cafe  happen* 
rtGlafgoW)  when  I  was  there,  fomewivtt  remark 
able  ;  on  a  Firft-Day  of  the  Week,  the  People  had 
Very  much  difturbed  us  in  the  afternoon  Meeting 
efpecially,  in  their  ufual  wicked  and  vain  Manner, 
and  followed  Friends  after  Meeting  along  a  large 
open  Street,  where  there  Number  increafed,  fome 
Jhouting  and  fcornirg,  oihers  throwing  Stones  and 
Dirt ;  one  Stone  of  fome  Pounds  weight  palled  wirfi 
great  Force  very  near  one  of  my  Legs,  which  if  \t 
had  been  hit,  rnuft,  I  believe  have  been  broken  by  it; 
yet  we  we're  prefer ved  from  much  Harm  :  Whilft 
the  People  who  were  gathered  in  great  Numbers 
about  their  Doers,  and  faw  what  p.tfled,  feemed 
rather  to  be  pleafed  with  the  abufive  Behaviour 
of  the  Mob  towards  us,  than  to  offer  any  Dif1- 
couragement  to  them  ;  whereupon  a  Soldier,  an 
'Ifcglijbmatt,  began  to  cry  aloud  three  Times,  as  if 
he  had  fome  public  Proclamation  to  make;  and. 
when  he  had  thereby  drawn  the  Peoples  Attention 
to  him,  he  called  aloud  again,  Behold  the  godly  Town 
^Glafgow,  hdiv  they  entertain  Strangers  !  and  repeat- 
it  three  feveral  times.  Which  Reproof  made  the 
People  fo  afliamed,  that  they  moftly  took  to  their 
Houfes  and  got  out  of  Sighr  ;  and  the  more  grown 
People  drawing  away,  the  reft  foon  left  us  and  made 
off  like  wife,  fo  that  we  had  no  farther  Di  {quiet  that 
Day  ;  and  I  heard,  when  I  was  at  this  Place  lbm@ 
Years  after,  that  the  People  had  never  offered  the 
like  Difturbance  again,  either  in  their  Meetings  or 
In  their  Streets. 

From  hence  I  went  down  the  River  Clyde  for 
Ireland,  and  landed  near  Belfaft,  and  thence  went 
to  Lisbunij  where  feveral  Friends  lived,  who  re* 
ceived  me  lovingly .  I  began  to  labour  diligently 
among  Friends,  hoping  to  get  clear  of  the  north 
Part  of  that  Nation  before  the  Half-year's  Meet- 
ijng  in  Dublin  in  tke  Ninth  Month,  which  I  w  as  en 
abled 


C    26    5 

abled  to  anfwer,  In  a  good  Meafure  to  my  Satis 
faction.  At  DMn  there  was  gathered  a  large 
Body  of  Friends,  not  only  in  a  very  confiftent  and 
grave  Appearance ;  bat  a  living  and  truly  religious 
Concern  and  Zeal  for  the  Truth  was  upon  many 
of  them,  and  great  Harmony  amongft  them.  Here 
I  met  with  our  antient  and  honourable  Friend  Wil 
liam  tdwundfon,  whom  I  had  a  great  Defire  to  fee, 
having  a  deep  and  reverent  Value  for  him  from  fee 
ing  him  before  in  England,  tho*  he  knew  little  or 
nothing  of  me.  For  1  believed,  if  I  was  not  what 
I  ihould  be,  he  would  not  only  obferve  wherein,, 
but  would  deal  plainly  with  me;  I  went  with  fomc 
other  Friends  to  fee  him  at  his  Lodgings,  where 
he  looked  fternly  and  carneftly  upon  me,  and  faid 
little  ;  I  fat  down  and  little  was  fpoke  amongft  us, 
but  I  obferved  he  often  caft  his  Eye  upon  me  :  But 
ivhen  we  parted  from  him,  he  feemed  more  free 
and  chearfui  to  me;  and  in  feveral  of  the  public 
Meetings  I  was  concerned  to  teftifv  for  the  Truth 
among  them,  which  both  he  and  other  Friends  gave 
free  Way  and  Time  for,  and  fo  openly  manifefted 
his  Regard  to,  and  Satisfaction  wich  me,  as  made 
niy  Way  eafy  among  Friends  through  the  reft  of 
the  Nation;  and  had  a  deeply  humbling,  and  yet 
encouraging  Effect  upon  my  Heart,  to  feel  care 
fully  after  divine  Help  and  Wifdom,  which  alone 
can  fufficicntly  qualify  for  real  Service,  and  prc- 
fcrve  in  the  Way  and  Work  of  the  Lord.2" 

I  then  vifited  the  meetings  of  Friends  thro'  the 
other  Parts  of  the  Kation  widi  Diligence  ;  but  for 
getting  :iatural  Ability  too  much,  I  fell  into  a  danger- 
cms  Ilfnefs  from  a  violent  Cold,  which  forced  me 
to  ftop  about  ten  Days  at  AlouKtmelick  ;  I  fet  for 
ward  again  in  the  Work  I  was  engaged  in,  though 
before  fome  Friends  thought  it  was  fit  for  me,  but 
^ot  well  along  till  I  was  clear  of  the  Nation  at  that 
Time :  My  Labour  in  the  Gofpel  Power  and  Wrord 
of  Life  being  chcarfully  received,  and  made  profi 
tably 


(      27       ) 

tably  Awakening  to  fome,  reviving  td  the  Living, 
and  a  Means  of  divers  of  the  Youth  amongft  Friends 
being  inwardly  affected  with  the  Power  of  Truth, 
to  their  lafting  Advantage,  and  the  Churches  Com 
fort.  And  lo  with  the  Love  of  my  Friends,  and 
an  humble  and  thankful  Heart  before  the  Lord  of 
all  true  Help,  I  took  Leave  of  Friends  at  Cork,  and 
went  over  to  Mimloead  in  ScmerfetJ'hire,  having  fome- 
thing  remaining  upon  me  to  a  few  Places  there-away, 
and  about  Briftol ;  and  from  hence  came  pretty  di 
rectly  home  again,  with  reverent  Awe  towards  the 
ever  blefled  Helper. 

And  now  I  ftaid  moftly  about  and  near  home 
with  my  Friends,  in  true  Comfort  (for  we  were 
made  and  preferved  truly  dear  one  unto  anorher  in 
the  Love  and  Life  of  Truth)  employing  my  {elfin 
bodily  Labour  with  Diligence,  which  I  ftiil  loved, 
for  the  Reafons  above-mentioned :  But  in  lefs  than 
a  Year  after,  a  Concern  came  upon  me  to  vifit  the 
EaftPartofthe  Nation;  I  fet  forward  through 
Lincolnshire,  Norfolk,  Suffolk ,  FJfix,  and  went  over 
the  Thames,  and  through  Kent,  and  Swffex,  return 
ing  through  Sury  to  London,  and  through  the  mid 
dle  Part  of  the  Nation  home,  as  I  remember,  in  a- 
bout  five  Months,  thefupplyingPrelenceand  Pow 
er  of  Chrift  being  mercifully  renewed  for  Afiiftance 
from  Time  to  Time.  Yet  a  deeply  exercifing 
Trial  for  about  two  Weeks  was  fuftered  to  attend 
me,  by  a  heavy  Weight  of  Trouble  and  diilreiTing 
Doubts  lying  almoft  continually  upon  me  Day  and 
Night,  efpecially  out  of  Meetings,  which  brought 
very  narrow  Searching  of  Heart,  and  much  Fear 
of  being  forfaken  of  all  faving  Kelp,  and  left  I 
ihould  thereby  become  a  Reproach  to  the  glorious 
Name  I  had  made  mention  of :  Yet  I  was  not  left 
void  of  fome  Hope  in  his  Mercy,  who  is  all-know 
ing.  This  fo  far  affected  my  Behaviour,  that  I 
could  not  conceal  my  .Sorrow  in  rsourning  alone, 

and 


.      C    2«    D 

and  converfing  little,  though  unexpe&ed  ReKeF 
and  Supply  moftly  attended  in  Mettings.  But  as  I 
was  brought  to  endeavour  and  defire  after  a  tho 
rough  Search,  to  know  the  Caufe  wherein  I  had 
offended,  or  miffed  the  right  Way  in-any  Cafe,  and 
to  double  a  watchful  VVaitirgand  Walking,  fo  I  was 
ftrengthred  in  a  Refolmion,  or  Defire  at  leaft,  to 
labour  ro  be  duly  devoted  to  follow  the  Almighty's 
Requiring,  if  he  would  but  give  a  clear  Under- 
Handing  thereof,  wirh  neceffiry  Kelp,  whatever  if 
\vas  to  do  :  And  by  Degrees  Life  fnrang  up  in  my 
Soul  through  Death  ;  ai'd  a  peaceful  Devotednefs,,' 
with  a  chearful,  yet  awful  Truft  in  the  Almighty 
Searcher  of  Hearts,  overfpreading  my  whole  in 
ward  Man,  imprinting  Induction  upon  me  not  to 
be  forgotten , 

And  not  long  after  this,  a  Concern,  which  had 
been  at  Times  moving  in  my  Mind,  but  at  fome 
Diftance,  to  v'fit  the  Churches  in  .America^  novr 
grew  more  conftant  and  weighty  upon  me  ;  and  my 
late  exercising  Time  had  contributed  to  bring  me 
into  the  mor.e  quiet  and  ready  Yielding  to  follow  the 
Truth  any  Way,  if  it  was  but  call  up  to  me  clear  ; 
fo  that  when  the  Matter  was  freili  before  me,  I  en 
deavoured  to  be  duly  ftill  and  devoted  ;  and  when 
it  feemed  almoft  out  of  Sight,  or  gone  away,  I  was 
pleafantly  eaiy  therewith  ;  which  Resignation  and 
Quietnefsl  have  found  to  be  my  Dut  ,  andthefhfeft 
Way  to  attain  a  clear  Difcerning  of  the  Motions  of 
Truth  in  thofe  Cafes,  and  alfo  of  the  Time  ;  for  I 
am  very  fenfible  the  Lord  dire6ts  as  to  Time,  as 
well  as  the  Thing  in  this  refpedt.  , 

This  was  in  the  fore  Part  of  the  Summer,  and  the 
next  Second  Month  feemed  to  fix  with  me  to  be  the 
Time,thoughl  yet  kept  the  Thing  moltly  tomyfelf;' 
but  as  it  feemed  to  remain  fettled  with  me,  I  grew, 
inclined  to  acquaint  fome  particular  Fr  ends,  fome 
especially  W-ho  had  beenengag'd  in  that  Travel,  with1 

the 


C    29    ) 

theConcernlwasunde^who  engaged  me  to  be  gifes* 
up  properly  in  that  Refpcdfc  ;  and  a  young  Man  of 
our  Count/,  viz.-  William  slrmipead,  finding  his 
Mind  like  wife  drawn  that  Way,  gave  up  to  go  a- 
lor,g  with  me.  And  I  having  fome  Acquaintance 
with  a  Friend,  who  was  Mailer  of  a  Ship,  who  u- 
fcd  to  go  to  Ala-ylandr  I  had  a  Thought  of  going 
with  him,  and  wrote  to  know  when  he  expected  to 
Vail,  and  had  Anfwer  he  intended  to  go  about  the 
Twelfth  Month  (1705)  which  Account  pat  me  out 
ofEicpe  (Station  of  thatOpportunity  ,becaufe  I  durft  not 
iViove  before  the  Time  that  appeared  to  me  the  right 
pae.  But  as  the  Matter  remained  with  me,  I  con 
tinue;]  to  make  rayfclf  ready,  and  having  the  Ap 
probation  of,  and  a  Certificate  from  our  Monthly 
Meeting,  and  the  Meeting  of  Minifters  arid  Elders 
it  the  Quarterly  Meeting,  we  fee  out  in  the  Second 
Month  towards  London;  when  we  came  thither,  we 
loon  heard  that  the  above  mention'd  Ship  and  Ma-, 
fbr  were  not  failed,  and  tho'  near  ready,  yet  wd 
had  a  feafonable  Opportunity  of  more  than  two' 
Weeks  to  vifit  Friend*  in  the  Cit/  before  we  de 
parted.  ; 
This  Circufnftance  I  mention  bccaufe  it  afforded 
fnc  Matter  of  fecret  Encouragement,  both  in  con 
firming  me  that  it  was  the' Lord's  Requiring,  alf* 
that  it  was  his  Time ;  and  likewife  that  this  was  the 
Teilei.  ordered  for  Us  to  go  in :  I  had  therefore  the 
Wronger  Hope  we  might  be  prefcrved.  Afl  which 
Confide  rations  humbled  my  Heart  before,  and  re 
vived  my  Hope  in  the  Lord  ;  and  the  more  relie-s 
vingiy,as  it  was  at  that  Time  War  between  England 
and  France^  and  the  French  had  abundance  ot  Pri 
vateers  out  at  Sea.  This  occasioned  us  to  be  longer, 
in  the  Channel  than  ufual,  tliat  the  large  Fleet 
Taight  get  together,  being  three  Weeks  ere  we  part 
ed  from  the  Land's-end,  and  we  were  ten  Weeks' 
hi  getting  to  our  Fort  in  Patitxent  River  ia 


(     30     ) 

Artn  \  yet  \ve  had  a  fafe  and  good  P.;ffagc  tha 
Ions :  And  the  exceeding  Difficulty  arifing'to  me 
fromfo  lorn;  a  Confinement  with  hide  _  tiuimeis 
(having  been  much  accuftomed  to  be  Birring)  was 
abundantly  cafed,  and  rendered  often  joyful  to  me, 
by  the  gracious  Regard  and  comforting  Nearnels  oi; 
the  heavenly  Prefence  to  my  Soul,  never  I  hope  to 

^ Afar  we  had  ftaid  a  few  Meetings  with  Friends 
thereabouts,  who  received  us  with  great  Cheartui- 
nefs,  finding  our  Minds  drawn  towards  Philadelphia, 
and  fo  northward  to  N<*v-S*g/W,  we  croflcd  Che- 
fape*k-B*v  ann  had  fome  Meetings  with  Friends  on 
the  Eaftern  ihore  of  Maryland,  and  fo  into  the 
lower  Counties  of  Pennfyhaxia  ;  we  got  to  Pfaladel- 
pJoia  before  the  Yearly  Meeting  there,  which  was 
We  and  comfortable  tons  and  Friends,  by  the 
gracious  and  powerful  Influences  ot  the  Love  of 
God,  whofe  glorious  Name  was  worlhipped  and 
praifed  for  his  Mercy  and  Salvation. 

We  fet  out  for  Loner -I/land  with  fomc  Friends  who 
eame  from  thence  tolhis  Yearly  Meeting,  and  tho' 
I  had  an  intermitting  Fever  upon  me,  which  dii- 
treiTed  and  weakened  me  very  much,  yet  being  de- 
firousto  be  forward  in  the  Work  we  were  thereup 
on,  I  was  not  willing  to  be  hmder'd  by  it,  whUft 
I  could  any  Way  avoid  it.  After  ftay  ing  a  few 
Meetings  on  Loxg-ljlandvt  te  outforA^-^- 
land,  having  near  two  hundred  Miles  to  travel  by 
Land  tlirough  the  Colony  ofj Con**xut  •  in  which 
Space  there  were  few  or  no  Friends,  and  the  Peo 
ple  generally  very  fhy  of  us^and  partly  by  Reafou 
offbme  fevcre  Laws  then  in  Fcrce  there f  they 
were  afraid  ro  converfe  with  Freinds ;  thougn  I  was 
enabled  to  bear  the  Journey,  yet  "was  not  without 
Difficulty  and  being  much  weakened ;  having  almoft 
no  Appetite  to  ary  Food  :  But  getting  to  R.bode-1- 
JIan4>*z  were  gladly  received  by  our  t  rieads  there, 


C    31    ) 

to  our  Encouragement;  after  a  Week's  Reft,  and  the 
Trial  of  fome  Medicines,  tho*  to  little  £ffe6t,  I  re- 
folved  to  go  forward  m  the  Service,  in  the  Ability 
that  Truth  would  be  pleafed  to  afford  ;  we  vifaed 
the  Meetings  down  to  Sandwich,  and  thence  thro* 
Plimouth  Colony  to  Hcfton,  being  favoured  with  the 
Prcfence  and  Help  of  Truth,  orten  to  ofor  own  and 
Friends  Comfort  and  Encouragement  in  the  Lord, 
We  went  forward  by  Salem^  and  to  the  farrheft 
Meetings  of  Friends  that  Way,  and  had  feveral 
Meetings  about  Dover.  It  was  then  a  very  exer- 
cifing  and  trying  Time  with  Friends  here,  by  rea- 
fon  of  the  bloody  Incurfions  that  the  Indians  then 
frequently  made  upon  the  Engltft),  being  hired  by 
the  French  about  ^u^beck^  which  lies  behind  New- 


England  to  the  Nortn-wefi  ;  to  that  many  of  the  En- 
gliflj  Inhabitants  were  frequently  murder'd  in  their 
Houfes,  or  fhok  or  knock  'd  down  on  che  Road  or 
in  the  Fields  ,  fome  were  carried  a*vay  Cap.ives  ; 
andthofe  whomrhey  killed,  chey  cut  withi  heir  great 
Knives  round  the  Head  about  the  Skirts  or  the  Hair, 
and  then  pulled  the  Skin  off  ihe  Head  ;  and  for  e- 
very  fuch  Skin,  which  the;  call  a  Scalp,  they  were 
to  have  a  Sum  of  Money.  Thcle  Barbarities  cauf- 
ed  many  People  to  leave  their  Habitations  witn  their 
Families,  and  to  retire  into  Gurrilbus,  which  the 
People  built  in  many  Places  for  their  greater  Secu 
rity.  Yet  that  which  was  forrowful  to  me  to  ob* 
ferve,  was  that  few  of  them  feemtd  to  be  affected 
witk  due  Consideration,  fo  as  to  be  awakened  to 
think  rightly  of  the  Caufe  of  this  heavy  Chaftife- 
ir.ent,  and  be  induced  to  feek  the  Almighty's  Fa- 
'  vour,  as  they  ought.  But  it  was  a  profitable  hum 
bling  Time  to  many  of  our  Friends,  who  general 
ly  flood  in  the  Faith,  and  ke^t  at  their  uiual  Pla 
ces  of  Abode,  tho*  at  the  daily  Hazard  of  their 
L.ives  :  And  it  was  very  remarkable,  that  Icarce  a- 
ny  who  kept  thus  their  Habitations  in  the  Faith, 
E  z 


(     32     3 

were  fuflferM  to  fall  by  the  Indians*  tho*  few  paffc4 
but  we  heard  of  fome  of  ther  cruel  Murders,  and 
deftroying  Vengeance.  We  were  in  the  Parts, 
backwards  and  forwards  a  confiaerablc  Time,  ha 
ving  many  Meetings,  before  clear  to  leave  them' ; 
ivhich  chro'  the  merciful  Regard  and  fuccouring 
Nearnefs  of  the  Almighty  Power 'and  pretence,  was 
iatisfad;ory  to  us,  and  very  Strengt lining  and  com 
fortable  to  Friends  ;  we  and  they  being  ail  gra- 
cioufly  preferved,  though  in  the  open  Country; 
ind  we  lodged  feveral  Times  at  one  Friend's  Houfe,- 
at  fome  Pittance  from  the  Garrifon  ;  and.  we  hatj. 
Rcafon  to  believe  a  Party  of  Indians  was  for  forne 
Time  about  it,  the  Marks  of  their  Feet  being  plain 
ly  to  be  feen  next  Morning,  but  they  went  away 
without  doing  any  Damage,  tho*  it  was  but  a  meari 
little  Timber  Houfe,  and  eafy  to  break  into.  We 
alfo  got  a  few  Meetings  in  fome  Towns  where  few 
Friends  lived ;  but  not  many  People  durft  come  to 
them,  becaufe  of  the  Laws  of  the  Country  then 
unrepealed,  which  had 'been  made  to  prevent  thi 
Spreading  of  Truth,'  and  alfp  becaufe  of  the  dark' 
and  envious  Induftry  of  their  Preachers  to  hinder 
them,  by  monftrous  Mifreprefentations  of  Friends : 
Yet  fome  did  come,  "and  behaved  with  Attention, 
and  the  true  Love  and  Power  of  Truth  being  mea- 
furably  with  us,  they  carried  fuch  fatisfactory  Ac 
counts  to  their' Neighbours,  as  tended  much  to  be-. 
f:t  more  favourable  Sentiments  with  regard  to 
riends  and  the  Doctrines  of  Truth.  Yet  I  often 
thought  that  a  thick  Cloud  feem'd  to  be  over  the 
Country,  and  efpecially  'about  Bofion  and  Parts 
near  it ;  tho'  Light  feemed  to  me  to  be  breaking 
thro*  in  feveral  Places,  and  I  fully  believed  would 
more  prevail  after  the  Remains  of  that  wicked  and 
jperfecuting  Generation  was  gone  off  the  Stage.  We 
Jhad  neverthelefs  in  Bcflon  fome  bleffed  Meetings 
a  few  innocent  Friends  there,  and  fome 


C     33     ) 

thers,  who  would  often  come,  in  the  Evenings  e* 
fpeciaily . 

From  Boftonwe,  travelled  back  up  the  more  Weft- 
ernparts,  towards  Providime,  having  Meetings  with 
Friends;  ami  1  was  not  eaty  without  going  up  to 
fomeof  tlie  latter  fettled  Towns,  to  fee  if"  we  could 
have  fome  Meetings  among  them  ;  the  People 
there-away  being  little  acquainted  with  Friends,  or 
their  Principles.  We  accordingly  went  to  feveral 
Towns,  being  accompanied  with  two  Friends,  and 
fought  for  Liberty  to  have  fome  Meetings  among 
them,  but  the  People  were  afraid  either  to  grant 
Room,  or  to  come  to  a  Meeting  ;  yet  we  found 
feveral  willing  toconverfe  \^th  us  (asking  Qneftions> 
and  receiving  Anfwers)  and  who  ieemed  pieakd  to 
be  better  informed.  Several  grofs  Mifreprefeat- 
arions  concerning  Friends  and  Truth,  which  had 
been  fpread  amongitthcm,  were  confuted  and  clear 
ed  away  ;  with  which  many  feemed  well  pleafed  in 
feveral  Places  ;  fo  that  we  returned  in  Peace  and 
Satisfaction,  believing  we  were  in  our  Duty,  and 
that  our  Labour  there  away  was  of  fome  Service. 

We  came  back  to  Rkode-Ifland,  and  after  having 
a  few  Meetings  on  that  Itland  and  near  it  (wHere 
there  is  a  good  and  valuable  Body  of  Friends,  with 
v/ horn  we  were  comforted  in  the  heavenly  Father's 
Love  and  Regard)  we  came  back  to  Leng-lflpnA  and 
Kew-Tork,  and  had  fome  large  and  heavenly  Meet 
ings  thereaway  ;  where  fome  were  convinced  of 
the  Truth,  and  joined  honeftly  with  Friends.  Wo 
alfo  had  Drawings  to  vifit  fome  Towns  tov.  ards  the 
Eaft-end  of  that  Ifland,  being  fome  Days  Journey 
from  the  Places  w  here  almoft  any  Friends  dwelt  : 
We  accordingly  went  to  feveral  Towns,  and  pro 
cured  Liberty  to  have  fome  Meetings,  though 
tfiere  was  a  rigid  Presbyterian  People  there-away  : 
At  one  Town  the  Preacher  and  the  Juftice  confult- 
*d  togcth«r  while  we  were  at  *  Meeting  in  the  E- 

Tening, 


C     34     ) 

vening,  and  contrived  to  give  us  fome  Trouble: 
And  next  Morning  the  Juflice  (whofe   Name  was 
fJttbbert}  lent  forth  a  Warrant  to  bring  us  before 
him  :  We  went,  and  many  oftheTowH's  People 
hearing  of  it,  gathered  about  us,  and  \vent  in.     He 
began  to  examine  us  of  our  Names,  Places  of  abode, 
and  our  Bufincfs  there,  to  which  we  gave  him  An- 
fwers,  fo  that  he  fecmed  to  be  at  a  Lofs  what  far 
ther  to  fay  to  us ;  but  he  bethought  him  to  examine 
us  about  taking  the  Oaths ;  we  defired  to  kno\r 
what  Oaths  he  meaiied,  bur  he  was  as  much  at  a 
&and  to  tell  us,  nor  could  he  find  them  in  his  Book, 
which  he  turned  over  carefully,  but  met  with  no 
thing  to  his  Purpcfe  ;  whilft  the  People  who  were 
there,  feemed  pleafed  to  fee  him  fo  faft,  and  in  a 
Manner  confounded.      Then  another  Jnftice  of 
the  Peace  came  in  :  The  firll  b:.ing  behind  a  Table, 
flood  up  ai  d  laid,  Come  Mr.   Wlott$ir*   pleafe  to 
come  here,  this   is  a  Part  of  your  Bufinefs :    To 
which  he  replied  ibrnly,  J  know  not  that  it  is,     or 
yours  either  ;  and  fo  they   fell  to  argue  the  Cafe  one 
with  another  with  fome  Heat,  we  Sanding  ftill  with 
an  innocent  Chearfulriefs  ;  for  the  Love  and  Pre- 
"ience  of  Chrift  was  meafurably  with  us,    and  much 
beyond  our  Expectation  comforted  us  ;  the  People 
were  p'eafed  to  fee  the  poor,  dirk,    envious  Man, 
wno  gave  us  this  Trouble  confounded.     Then  the 
other  Juitice  who  came  in,  faid,     I  have  been  at 
our  own  Meeting  three  Sabbath  Days  one  after  an 
other,  and  did  not  hear  Chrift  named  from  the 
Pulpit ;  and  I  confefs  I  was  at  the  Meeting   with 
thefe People  Yelie might,  and  heard  Chrift  preach 
ed  truly.     A  pretty  Deal  more  patted  betwixt  the 
Juftices,  and  fome  of  the  other  People  began  to 
iliew  their  Diflike  of  him  and  his  Proceedings  with 
us,  fo  that  he  feemed  much  to  want  to  have   the 
,£)ifcourfe  over,  and  us  gone,    though  we    were 
tlteninno  Haftc:  But  after  a  little  while  he  dif- 

c barged 


C     35     > 

charged  us,  and  fet  us  at  Liberty,  though  he  Jia4 
thrcatned  us  with  a  Prifon  before.  So  after  fomi 
Time  fpent  fatisfactorily,  among  the  more  friendly 
difpoicd  People  in  the  Town,  we  being  eafy  in  our 
Minds,  left  that  Part  and  returned  up  the  Itland, 
having  fome  Service,  and  feveral  Meerings  in  other 
Places,  till  we  came  again  to  where  Friends  were 
fettled. 

But  we  could  not  find  ourfelves  clear  without 
returning  again  to  Rhode-  IJlxrid,  tho*  a  long  Jour 
ney,  in  order  to  be  at  the  Yearly-meeting  held 
there  for  that  Government  and  "&vj-  England,  which 


we  got  to  through  fonr.e  Harvlhips  in  travelling; 
there  wefaw  Frieads  from  molt  P.-rts  of  thofe  Pro 
vinces,  it  being  an  exec  ..  .•  Meeting,  ard 

very  eminently  comfortable  to  many,  through  the 
ftrcng  and  lively  Spreading  of  the  Lo</e  and  Power 
of  God  therein  for  feveral  Da/s  ;  and  the  edifying 
Accounts  brought  from  the  feveral  Parts  belong 
ing  to  this  Meeting  :  Friends  generally  keeping 
their  Places  and  Habitations  in  the  Faith,  and  were 
eminently  preferved  in  that  diftrcifmg,  blood/ 
Time,  when  the  Sword,  like  a  Scourge,  afflicted 
the  Country.  We  then  were  free  to  go  from 
thofe  Parts,  and  return  toward  New-lvrkt  we  took 
our  Leave  of  Friends  in  much  "Nearneis  of  Heart, 
under  a  Serffe  of  the  Lord's  bleffed  Pre  fence  and 
fatherly  Care,  and  with  holy  and  hearty  Returns  of 
Thankfulriefs  and  Praifeto  the  almighty  Deliverer. 
As  we  pafTed  through  the  Colony  ot  Connecticut  + 
we  found  fome  Concern  upon  us,  to  endeavour  to 
have  a  Meeting  in  New-Haven,  the  chief  Town  in 
the  Government  :  We  enquired  at  the  Inn  if  we 
could  have  a  Room,  or  where  we  could  procure 
one  to  have  a  Meeting  in  :  but  were  told  that 
none  in  the  Town  durlt  allow  fuch  a  Thing, 
and  that  but  very  few  would  dare  to  come  to 
one  of  OUT  Meetings,  cxceot  the  yfc//;;//?er  Cas  they 


0    56     ) 

call  their  Teachers)  firii  gave  Leave  :  One  Mam 
in  the  Houfe  feemed  defirous  that  we  fhould 
have  a  Meeting,  and  faid  he  hoped  the  Miniftcr 
would  not  deny  it,  if  he  were  fought  to  for  it: 
and  offered  hi.nfelf  to  go  with  us,  if  we  defired  to 
ipea'c  with  him,  which  I  found  m/  Mind  inclined 
to:  We  went  accordingly  to  the  Prieft's  Houle 

(his  Name  was Pierpoint}  he  fpoke  to  us  civilly, 

and  invited  us  in ;  I  told  him,  that  as  we,  as  a 
People,  and  our  Doctrine  had  in  many  Places  beeqi 
much  mifreprefented,  and  unjuftly  reproached, 
we  were  often  dtfirous  of  Opportunities  that 
People  might  hear  us,  and  fo  be  the  better  able  to 
judge  for  themfelves  ;  and  that  we  defined  to  have 
fucii  an  Opportunity  in  that  Town,  but  did  not  find 
the  People  durft  allow  it,  unlefs  he  would  content 
thereto,  and  the  Occafion  of  our  coming  to  him 
was  to  make  that  reafonable  Reqneft  :  But  he 
fmoothly  excufed  himfelffrom  giving  fuch  Liberty,; 
with  divers  Allegations,  but  after  a  feeming  civil 
Manner  ;  for  by  this  Time  a  pretty  many  of  the  ITp- 
per-fort  of  the  Towns- people  were  garhered  in; 
Then  he  was  told,  that  we  had  nothing  in  our 
Hearts  towards  them,  or  any  elfe,  but  the  univerfat 
Love  of  God:  On  which  Exprelfion  he  began  to 
obferve,  that  he  fuppofed  they  did  not  underftand 
the  Love  of  God  to  be  univerfal  in  the  Manner  that 
•we  did;  to  which  I  returned.  That  feeing  the 
Scripture  is  pofi.ive  that  Chrift  our  Saviour  gave. 
iimjelf  a  Ranfom  for  all  Aien>  and  by  tie  Grace  of  God 
tafed  denth  for  every  Man ;  and  that  he  became  a  Pro 
pitiation  not  only  for  their  Sins  (viz..  the  Believers  at 
that  Time)  but  for  tfa  Sins  of  the  whole  World  ;  and 
alfo,  thai:  he  fpiritualty  entiebtmd  every  Alan  coming 
into  the  World ;  that  a  Mantfefatton  of  the  Spirit  was 
given  to  every  Man  to  profit  withaly  and  that  the  Grace 
if  God  which  bringeth  Salvation,  hath  appeared  to  all 
Men:  From  hence  we  had  good  Reafon  to  believe 


C     57     3 

Jfie  Love  of  God  in  Chrift  to  be  unfoerfal  ;  and  de- 
fired  him  if  he  thought  fit,  and  could,  to  fhew 
From  Scripture  the  contrary  :  He  anfwered,  the/ 
underltood  that  Salvation  was  extended  to  Mankind, 
as  the  Goft>c¥**was  outwardly  preached  :  Proof  of 
which  Opinion  from  Scripture  -was  then  defired : 
He  mentioned  that  of  the  La<w  coming  to  Ifrael,  and 
the  Statutes  to  Jacob,  and  that  God  had  not  dealt  fo 
ivith  any  other  Nation  :  He  alfo  mentioned  Gallilee 
if  tie  Gentile?,  the  People  that  fat  in  Darknefs  fa<w  a 
great  Light >  &c.  which  was,  he  faid,  the  Gofpel 
was  preached  verbally  amongft  them  :  We  anfwered 
that  we  fcrupled  not  to  allow,  that  the  Almighty 
manifefted  a  particular  Regard  to  the  Houfe  or  Fa- 
rnily  of  Ifrael;  and  alfo  favoured  the  People  of  Gal- 
like  of  the  Gentiles,  in  caufing  the  Gofpel  to  be  in- 
ftrumentally  preached  unto  them  early  :  Yet  the/ 
did  not  prove,  to  our  Underftandings,  that  ci 
thers  had  not  Offers  offaving  Help  from  God  ;  be- 
cauie  the  Apoftle  Paul  had  nflerted,  that  th*  Gentileg 
who  had  not  the  Law,  yet  did  thofe  Things  contained  in 
the  Law  ;  thereby  iliewing  forth  the  Law  of  Goct 
written  in  thvr  Hearts-  Then  he  began  to  fay,  he 
fuppofed  we  were  come  prepared  for  difputing 
Matters,  and  that  he  was  not  apprifed  of  any  fucht 
Thing  ;  or  to  this  Effeft  :  We  told  him  we  were 
newly  alighted  from  our  Horfes,  and  came  to  him 
to  ask  his  Confent  to  have  a  Meeting  for  the  Peo 
ples  Satisfaction  ;  that  this  Difcourfe  was  altogether 
Unexpected  by  us,  and  that  we  confidered  we  were 
in  his  Houle,  and  would  not  impofe  upon  him. 

By  this  Time  the  Houfe  was  almoft  full  of  foberly* 
behaved  People,  which  occafion'd  both  more  Fear 
£nd  Care  upon  the  Prieft ; ,  and  I  believe  the  Trnth 
both  fupply'd  and  feafon'd  our  Spirits  for  their 
Good :  I  think  we  might  have  about  an  Hour's  Con 
ference  at  leaft,  moftly  in  a  commendable  Calmnefs; 
sind  Civility  j  we  parted,  and  with  an  holy  Com- 
F. 


(     38     ) 

fort,  andThankFulnefiof  Heart  before  the  Lord 
for  liis  merciful  Affiftance. 

We  were  then  eafy  to  go  forward,  and  came  to 
Fltfoing  in  Lofig-Jfaful,  and  having  fome  few  more 
Meetings  there-away,  we  came  thro*  Part  of  the 
jferf?ys  i'uo  Pfnnfyhania  ;  in  which  Provinces  we 
travelled,  vifidng  Meetings  moft  of  the  Summer, 
having  many  large  and  heavenly  Seafons  :  Which 
Very  much  fpent  my  bodily  Strength  (and  fo  far 
that  I  think,  I  never  recovered  it.)  But  the  Lord 
added  a  BLffing  to  our  Labours  in  thefe  Parts; 
fome  were  convinced  and  gathered  ro  the  Truth  ; 
and  o  <e  young  Woman,  who  after  fomc  Time  be 
came  engaged  in  the  Miniftry  of  the  Gofpcl,  where 
in  fhe  wa;>  made  a  very  eminent  Inftrument  to  the 
14eip  a  ad  Cumfurt  of  many  in  divers  Parts  of  the 
World. 

We  were  alfo  at  the  Yearly  Meeting  in  the  Se 
venth  Month  at Butlfngtont  for  Friends  of  Pexnfylva- 
jiia  and  the  Jerfeys^  which  was  exceeding  large, 
ind  to  good  Satisfaction  in  the  Dominion  of  Truth. 

Wethen  turned  towards  Ajaryland^  and  v lined 
Fri"nc.s  and  fomc  others  in  fcveral  Places  down  the 
Ealtern-fhcjre,  into  Virginia,  to  pretty  good  Satis 
faction,  though  the  AlTairs  of  Truth  among 
Friends  there-away,  we  re  ar  that  Time  but  low, 
partlv  thro' a  Neglect  of  Difcip'ine. 

We  got  over  the  ^rcat  Bay  ofCbe/apeflk,  To  thro* 
the  lower  Part  of  Virginia t  and  into  North- Carolina, 
and  had  many  ftrengthaing  and  comfortable  Meet 
ings  in  thofe  Parts,  thro'  the  gracious  Extend 
ing  of  the  Love  and  Power  of  God  towards  a  well- 
clifpofed  People,  both  ProfcfTors  of  Tj-uth,  and 
fome  others;  among  whom  we  had  fome  good  Ser» 
vice. 

We  then  came  up  into  Maryland  again,  upon  the 
Weftern-fhorc,  but  got  over  fome  large  Rivers 
with  great  Difficulty  ana  Hazard,  in  the  Severity 

of 


C     S9     ) 

pf  the  Winter  ;  we  then  vifited  fomc  few  Places  In 
Pennfyluania  and  the  Jerrys,  which  we  were  not 
clear  of,  greatly  to  our  Comf  >rt  ;  and  fo  prepared 
to  take  oar  Leave  of  thofe  Parts  in  order  to  vifit 
Barbados.  But  I  hope  never  to  forget  the  heaven 
ly  jNtarncfs  and  Opennefs  of  Heart,  wherein  we 
had  to  take  Leave  of  our  Friends  there-away,-  vvi  h 
the  Offers  of  Tha««kfi;ivin;j  and  Praifc  to  the  Al 
mighty  Helper  and  Protestor. 

And  as  particular  Marks  of  the  Inter  portion  of 
Divine  Providence,  fhouldbc  had  in  Remembrance^ 
J  think  it  fit,  to  mention  here  fometai  igthat  we  e- 
fteemed  fuch.  There  were  two  YeiTels  both  near 
ready  to  fail  for  Barbados,  and  many  were  inclina 
ble  to  our  going  in  one  of  them  rather  than  the  o- 
ther,  believing  the  Mafter  would  beha  e  refpcct- 
fuily  tons:  The  other  was  accounted  a  morofe 
ibur-temp^red  Mm,  yet  we  could  not  be  E.I -v  U;t 
in  concluding  to  go  with  him  :  The  other  Vtffel 
weac  out  firft,  but  quickly  loft  her  Maft,  and  lay 
many  Weeks  tumbling  at.  Sea  ;  we  went  well,  and 
were  near  fix  Weeks  before  the  other,  which  was 
$wing  to  the  providential  Care  over  us. 

We  were  kindly  received  by  Friends  at  Barbados^ 
and  entered  upon  our  Service  among  them,  labour 
ing  therein  near  two  Months  to  prefy  good  SaJs- 
faction  :  But  thro'  the  Heat  of  the  Climate,  and 
my  diligent  Labour,  I  was  feiz.ed  with  a  violent 
Fever,  which,  molt  of  thofe  Who  faw  me,  expedt- 
ed  would  have  taken  me  off;  but  it  pleafed  ths 
Lord  of  all  Mercies  to  reftore  my  Health  again,  in 
about  a  Month's  Time ;  and  fhortly  after,  being 
clear  of  the  Ifland,  took  Leave  of  Friends  in  much 
14carnefs  in  the  Love  of  the  Gofpel. 

We  failed  to  /mti^ua,  but  in  'our  Paflage  were 

attacked  by  a  French  Privateer,  which  after  firing 

a  few  Guns,  without   doing  the  Ship  or  Men  any 

Damage,  made  fail  and  left  us  :  We  were  ibrae  of 

F  z  u$ 


C    4P    5 

thankful  Tor  the  merciful  Protection  ;  atiti 
that  Evening  we  landed  in  Jntigua,  where  we  had 
fome  good  Service  in  divers  Reipefts  among 
Friends ;  feveral  of  whom  had  been  out  of  good 
Order,  but  we  were  helped  to  leave  Things  better, 
and  were  clear  to  depart  in  about  three  Weeks,  an'd 
failed  for  Jamaica^  where  we  arrived  in  the  Eighth 
Month . 

There  were  at  this  Time  four  Meetings  of  Friends 
In  Jamaica  moilly  kept  up ;  tho'  they  were  feveral 
of  them  remote  from  each  other;  we  vifit- 
cd  them  frequently,  and  had  fome  Meetings  at 
Times  among  the  People,  fo  that  our  Labour  be 
came  of  good  Service  for  the  Truth.  There  was 
a  Prieft  toward  the  tardier  Part  of  the  Ifland  who 
grew  very  angry  about  us,  calling  us  Deceivers  and 
Deluders  ;  and  gave  out  that  he  would  diipute  with 
us:  We  thereupon  let  him  know,  that  tho'  wd 
•were  not  much  "in  love  with  fuch  Opportunities, 
they  often  proving  more  noify  than  really  edifying  ; 
yet  as  he  had  frequent! /.taken  the  Liberty  to  ca 
lumniate  and  afperle  us  as  a  People,  and  the  Doc 
trine  of  Truth  which  we  had  to  publifh,  in  a  pub 
lic  Manner  behind  our  Backs,  we  were  willing  to 
meet  him  in  a  public  PJace,  when  and  where  h-s 
•would  appoint,  that  we  might  make  our  Defence  : 
He  then  fent  us  Word  by  Letter,  that  he  would 
only  have  a  private  Conference  before  fix  of  our 
People,  and  he  would  bring  as  many  with  him : 
But  we  chofe  that  the  Meeting  might  be  fo  public 
as  that  all  might  come  and  hear  who  deiired  it  ; 
•which  as  it  was  his  own  Propofal  at  firft,  he  could 
not  fairly  refufe." 

Time  and  Place  being  agreed  upon,  he  and  many 
People  came  ;  he  had  fixed  upon  four  Things  to 
difcufs,  in  Order  to  prove  us  erronious,  viz-  The 
'JDifafe  of  tie  two  Sacraments,  as  they  call  them  ;  our 
holding  Perfection  \  and  allowing  Women  te 


C    4*    3 

pd  to  keep  to  Scripture  for  Proof.  He  firft  ern 
ter'd  upon  If^ater-baptifm^  in  order  to  prove  it 
a  ftanding  Ordinance  in  the  Church  or  Chrift, 
which  he^endeavoured  to  do  by  a  Chain  of  Argu 
ments,  artfully  linked  together;  but  when  thefe 
came  to  be  taken  aflunder,  and  their  Inconfiftency 
difcovered  in  much  Caimnefs  of  Mind;  he  *cll  into 
a  furious  Paffion,  ufing  angry  Threats  inflead  of 
Arguments,  afterv\.ards  becoming  fomewhat  more 
cool,  he  wanted  to  proceed  to  another  Article  :  | 
told  him,  I  would  allow  him  to  proceed  to  the  next 
as  foon  as  he  pleafed,  if  he  firft  yielded  up  tha:,  or 
could  advance  fome  more  convincing  Proofs  cif 
his  Aflertions,  but  not  till  then.  He  was  fo  un- 
eafy  and  afhamed  with  hi*  Management  of  the  De 
bate,  that  he  foon  left  the  Houle  and  Company : 
We  and  many  of  the  People  ftaid,  and  had  a  good 
and  edifying  Meeting,  and  parted  comfortably. 
The  Prieft  in  a  little  Time  after  left  the  Kland,  and 
got  a  Place,  as  I  heard,  aboard  a  Man  of  War. 

We  laboured  near  Three  Months  in  this  Kland 
among  the  few  Friends  in  it,  and  fometimes  among 
the  neighbouring  People  ;  but  Grandeur  and  vain 
Liberties  very  much  obftru6ted  the  Growth  of  true 
Religion  at  that  Time,  and  more  fo  afterwards : 
But  we  were  favoured  with  heavenly  Help,  and 
much  holy  Comfort  and  Peace  in  our  Labours  a- 
mongft  them. 

When  we  became  clear  in  our  Spirits,  and  eafj^ 
to  leave  the  Place,  we  prepared  for  our  Departure 
(or  England;  and  a  Ship  bound  for  London  being  al- 
raoft  ready  to  fail,  we  had  fome  Thoughts  of  com 
ing  in  her :  My  Companion  being  indifpofed,  da- 
fired  that  I  would  go  on  board  the  faid  Ship  to  take 
our  Paflage  ;  I  went  accordingly  to  fpeak  with  the 
Mailer,  but  quite  unexpectedly  tome,  I  found  my- 
felf  fo  difquieted  and  uneafy  in  Mind,  that  I  durft 
not  fay  much  to  the  Mailer,  tho'  the  Veffci  had 

ih* 


C    4*    •> 

tfcc  Ghara&er  of  the  left  failing  Ship  in  the  Trade; 
I  learned  that  there  was  another  Veflel  almoft  rea 
dy  *to  fail  for  Brifol ;  I  went  on  board  her  to  fee 
how  Things  were,  and  h-re  I  found  my  Mindeafy 
and  quiet :  I  let  my  Companion  and  Friends  know 
what  I  had  met  with,  and  the  (X'cafion  of  altering 
my  Intention:  JS1,  Companion  readily  agreed  with 
me,  to  come  in  the  Brijlol  Ship,  and  we  embarked 
for  England  the  i8th  of  the  Eleventh  Month,  1707, 
but  were  Eighteen  Days  in  beating  thro*  the 
Windward  paiTage  to  Crooked- JjhtKd,  from  whence 
It  is  called  Thirteen  Hundred  Leagues  to  England^ 
frhich  Dilhnce  we  run  in  Twenty-fix  Days.  The 
Matter  and  Mariners  agreed  that  they  never  had 
fo  expeditious  a  Voyage;  and  through  heavenly 
Protection  it  was  fife.  J  mention  heavenly  Protettion 
at  rhis  Time,  I  thii  k  from  very  evident  Reafon  :  The 
Ship  which  we  firlt  thought  of  coming  in,  had  we 
not  been  re  ft  rained  by  a  fupernatural  heavenly  Hand, 
foundered  feme  where  at  Sea,  and  was  never  heardof 
more,  which  wasa  very  teaching  Thing  to  me:  And 
fccor.diy,  when  we  were  got  within  the  Irifo  Channel^ 
sh^Mafter  intending  to  keep  as  near  the  Jrijh  Shore 
as  he  could,  one  of  the  Seamen  on  a  fudden  called 
out  Lavd',  the  m^fler  asked  where?  and  was  an- 
fwered  on  I'qzLftvboard',  the  Mailer  reply 'd,  Gcd  for* 
bid  tloat  Landjbctild  aptear  there  ;  then  almofl  all  run 
ning  to  look  at  the  Land,  I  walked  upon  the  Fore- 
caftle,  and  looking  into  the  Sea,  faw  a  Rock  a-head 
of  us,  not  above  Six  Feet  under  Water ;  of  which 
I  gave  Notice  to  the  M.I fter,  who  immediately  faw 
it,ard  called  out  to  the  Man  at  Helm,  with  the  moll 
lamentable  Cry  I  ever  heard,  Helm  a -lee,  Helm  a- 
l&jfQr  God's  Sake,  or  we  every  Alan  of  us  perijb;  which 
he  quickly  did,  and  fo  the  Ship  fleered  by  it,  but 
\vithin  half  the  Length  of  the  Velfel :  A  dark  Fog 
iv ith  drizzling  Rain  had  occafioned  the  Mafter'sMi- 
fi.kc  ;  it  ciefarcd  up  a  little  before  this  Danger  oc 
cur-* 


C    43     3 

furred,  and  enabled  us  to  difcover  it,  but  it  foon re 
turned  again  thicker  than  before.  We  got  a  geod 
Way  up  the  Channel,  but  our  Wind  failing  us,  we 
dropped  Anchor,  and  early  next  Morning  got  into 
the  Port  ofdjinehtad,  with  deep  and  humble  Thank- 
fulnefs  before  the  Lord  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  who 
had  his  guardian  Angel  manifeftiy  regardful  of  us. 
It  was  now  a  Time  of  hot  Wfcr  betwist  England  and 
France^  and  great  Numbers  of  Privateers  v\ere  out> 
yet  we  were  \  refer  ved  out  of  their  Hands,  as  well  as 
frum  the  Perils  of  the  Sea,  v  hich  was  owing  te> 
divine  Mercy,  and  not  to  any  Merit  of  ours. 


T 


O  this  Period  of  Time  our  dear  and  honour- 
able  FATHER  had  brought  down  the  Ac 
count  of  his  Life  and  Labours  in  the  Service  of 
Truth;  and  finifh'd  it  only  a  few  Weeks  before 
his  Djcejfe ;  The  remaining  Part  chiefly  confifts 
of  chriitun  Epiftles  to  the  Churches  and  fpme  par 
ticular. Friends  in  divers  P.aces,  together  with  fuch 
an  Account  of  his  Travels,  as  could  be  collected 
from  the  fhort  Jourrals  he  kept,  and  in  which  lie 
feidom  put  down  more  than  the  Times,  when,  and 
the  Places  where- he  had  Meetings,  v/'ith  fome  ge 
neral  Obfervations  upon  them  ;  as  thefe  might  in, 
force  Refpe£tsaTift  him  to  give  a  particular  Ac 
count  of  his  Travels,  and  the  State  of  the  Churches, 
to  his  Brethren  at  Home;  to  whom  at  his  Return 
he  was  w  ont  to  communicate  it,  with  a  peculiar 
Warmth  of  Gratitude  and  reverent  Thankfulaefs  to 
him  who  had  called  him  to  labour  in  his  Vineyard^ 
and  accompanied  it  with  fuch  inftrudlive  Obferva 
tions,  as  made  thefe  Opportunities  often  very  pre 
cious  and  edifying. 

But  as  thefe  Leflons  were  too  deeply  fixed  in  his 
Mind  ever  to  be  forgot,  io  as  he  had  not,  at  leaft, 
during  great  Part  of  his  Life  an  Intention  of  wri 
ting  an^  Thing  by  Way  of  Journal,  he  omitted  in 
fer  t- 


C    44    ) 

jcrting  them  ;  we  are  therefore  deprived  of  msta^ 
Valuable  Obfervations,  and  chriftian  Experience^ 
stnd  are  obliged  to  prefent  the  Reader  with  fuch  an, 
Account  of  fome  of  his  Vi  fits,  as»  tho'  worthy  of 
^oace,  yet  will  be  the  le(s  fatisfa&ory,  as  it  ap 
pears  from  the  preceedipg  Sheets,  that  the  remain 
ing  Part  of  a  Life,  fo  ufefully  emplo  ed,  mult  have 
sUforded  much  ifinpornpit  Inftruction. 

Yet  lean,  as  fome  Parts  of  the  folio  wing  Accounts 
fnay  appear,  it  was  thought  proper  not  to  fupprefs 
them.  They  may  fcrve  ro  revive  in  the  Minds  of 
ihanv  now  living,  a  ufef'ul  Recollection  of  the  Sea- 
ions  the/  have  (pent  with  him;  to  renew  a  Re 
membrance  of  the  Doclrines  lie  has  had  Occafion 
to  deliver  ;  and  to  excite  them  to  a  Confederation, 
how  far  they  have  flnce  profited  by  them,  and  by 
his  Example. 

We  have  inferted  here  the  Copies  of  fdch  Epif- 
tles,  wrote  by  him  during  this  vifit  to  Jmt.vicay  a^ 
we  could  find  among  his  Papers,  or  in  the  Hands 
of  h'.s  Friends,  and  'were  thought  proper  to  be  ad 
ded  to  this  Collection,  referving  to  the  Conclufion 
fome  pathetlcal  Exhortations,  which  .tho*  wrote 
very  early,  may  be  till  then  poftpon'd,  without 
Prejudice  to  Order  or  Utility. 

y*  Friends  of  the  Monthly  Meeting  of  Richmond  in 
Yorkfliire.* 


FRIENDS, 

"  %  T  N  the  Bowings  of  living  Virtue,  my  Spirit 
|^  doth  freely  reach  towards  you,  in  earneft 
travel  for  the  Profpcrity  of  the  Lord's  Work  a- 
*nong  and  in  you  all  :  My  Heart  being  humbled 

before 


*ln  *prn'*ie  Letter  to  a  Friend,  to  whom  this 

fa  writes  ik»s\    *  I  have  been  under  a 

«  Con- 


C    45    ) 

before  the  Lord  Almighty  to  magnify  him  for  hid 
Mercy,  in  bringing  me  to  have  a  Share  of  that 
folid  Comfort  which  the  Living  enjoy,  in  the  fweet 
Gofpel-fcllowfhip  of  Jcfus  Chrift;  herein  my  Lite 
is  ftrongly  with  you  Very  often,  tho*  I  am  out 
wardly  far  feparated  from  you  forthe  greatName's 
Sake,  as  he  has  hitherto  given  my  Soul  large  and 
plentiful  Confirmation,  in;being  pleafed  frequently 
to  vifit  with  his  humbling  Prefence  and  Life,  which 
doth  fupport  thro*  various  Difficulties :  To  liis  Al 
mighty  Power  let  my  Soul  bow  for  evermore. 

*c  And,  dear  Friends ,  both  male  and  female,  I 
cannot  eafily  forbear  fignifying  to  you,  that  I  have, 
been  under  deep  Exercife  of  Soul  on  /our  Behalf 
many  Days,  and  for  fome  Time  wanted  to  fee  my 
Way  opened  to  fpeak  to  you  :  But  in  my  inward 
and  fecret  Attention  upon  the  Lord,  my  Heart  was 
opened,  my  Life  fet  at  liberty,  and  my  Spirit  en 
gaged  to  remind  you  all,  of  the  inexpreilibic  Love 
and  Mercy  of  the  God  of  Heaven*  in  manifefti  ig 
his  faving  Truth  to  our  Underftandings,  whiiit 
snany  as  worthy  as  we  were*  do  not  yet  know  it. 
And  now  a  Confederation  of  the  End  of  fo  great  a 
Favour  from  on  High  Ihouid  engage  us  all,  and  be 
always  before  us;  lurely  it  is  for  no  lets  a  Purpofe, 
than  that  we  by  the  Power  of  it,  ihould  be  redeem 
ed  from  all  Iniquity,  arid  be  purified  as  unto  him-' 
G  felfj 

*  Concehi   of  Spirit  on  Behalf  of  the   Monthly 

*  Meeting  of  Rkfanotid)  and  all  its  Members,  and 

*  thro'  fecretly  feeking  to  the  Lord,  my  Way  was 

*  opened  to  vifit  you  with  a  Letter,  which  I  deiire 
thee  to  take  to  the  Monthly  Meeting,    and  if 
Friends    think  fit,    I   would    have    it    folidly 
read  both  to  the  Men  and  Women ;    and  alfo 
Copies  of  it  fen:  and  read  in  the  particular  Meet 
ings,  for  Stirring  up  of  aili  or  htwewr  |bjit  I 

fee  fo  for 


C   46   ) 

ferf,  a  peculiar  People.     O'l!    this  Word    Redemp 
tions  often  in  m    Mind,  a-id   lives  clofel/  with  me 
at  thiv  Time,  and  I  mtreat  you  all  <:o  take  Notice  of 
it  ;    ir  is  a  Word   foon   fpoken,  but  requires  deep 
Travel  to  experience  it  tc  be  fuelled;   and   with 
out  this  Experience,    all  ochcr  Enjoyments  can  ne 
ver  make  us  truly  happy  :  This   i.»   the  Word  of 
Life  that  is  in  my  heait  at  this  Time  to  all;  that 
you  may  be  rede<>r/i?d  from  the  Power  of  all   fuch 
Humours  and  Inclinations  as  are  carnal  and  flcfhly, 
and  confequemly   oppofite  to  the  pure  IVature  and 
\Viil  of  the  Loid  God  ;  that  fo,  anfwcrable  to  pri 
mitive  Doctrine,  everv  Thought  n~ay  he    brought 
into  Subjection,  and  Obedience  to  Cnrift     Tni>  is 
the  Sta"e  into  which  the  L'>nl  Is  gathering; His  Fait'i- 
ful,  rho*  often  moun  ful  followers.      For  though 
prejudicial  and  hirdering  Thoughts  and    Inclinati 
ons  may  'fometimes  appear  and  arife  ;  yet  they  be 
ing  brought  to  the  Li^ht,   the  Sp:rii  of  Ch:  ift,  the 
Spirkof  Truth  ue  make  Profcflion  of,  co  be  tried 
and  proved,  he  flt'ews  the  N-iture  and  Danger  of 
them,  andalfo  makes   Way  for  the  Deliverance  of 
fuch  inward  Chriftian  Travellers ;     and  as  they 
yield  OHedience  to  his  Leadings,  they  go  on  ftv-m 
Strength  to  Strength  :  Thefe  are'  they  who  expe 
rience  what  Redewptten  is,  and  dare  live  no  longer 
unto  themfeive.s  but  to  him,  who  has  called  them. 
Thus  the  bleffed  End   of  the  Lord's  Mercy   in  vi- 
fiting  us  will  be  aniwered,  to  the  Glory  of  his  great 
Kame,  and  our  Souls  will  have    the  Comfort  and 
Enjoyment  of  his    Love.     But  I    r'o     again  fay, 
and  it  is  an  everlafting  Truth,  that  tho"   we  fubmit 
in  our  Judgments,  and  give  up  to  piofe^s  the  blef- 
fcd  faving  Truth,  yet  if  we  fit  down  fhort  of  wit- 
neffing  Redemption ,  by    the   humblirg  Power  and 
Virtue  of  it,  we  can  never  reap  the  Benefit  of  God's 
Salvation,     which     is    indeed    therein  ;    nor    be 
ltt  into  Covenant  with  God,  nor  paitwke  of 

the 


C     47    0 

the  fweet  and  hol  y  Communion  of  £a:rts,  anrl  th« 
true  fpiritual  Ui  ion  which  is  anvng  the  living 
Members  of  the  true  Church.  O!-i !  t^e  Want  of 
right  Devotednefs  of  heart  and  Diligence  in  this 
momentuous  Concern,  is  ihe  Reafon  why  rrr-ry 
fail  fhort  of  the  Enjoyment  of  Mat  engagii  g  Life 
which  doth  descend  into  many  bowed  Souls,  and 
fills  rhem  wirh  hol-y  Zeal  ;  and  on  the  other  Hai.d, 
not  feeling  this  LS  the  Caufeot  To  much  Coolnefs  and 
Indifference  in  many,  about  the  Lord's  Bufiheis, 
ib  that  the  nccejffary  Care  and  Concerns  of  ihe 
Church,  for  its  Prefer  vation  and  Growth  in  Righ- 
teoufhels  and  Holinefs,  in  order  that  Sicn  may  he- 
come  the  Beauty  of  Nations,  according  to  God's 
Determination,  is  almolt  become  a  Wcarifpmncfs 
to  tliern  :  I  fay  this  Concern,  lam  afraid,  is  be 
come  like  a  Burthen  and  U.  cufincfs  to  fome  among 
us,  and  I  Inve  often  borne  a  P.irc  with  the  Livir.g, 
of  th-  Weight  of  fuch  cartlei?  eafy  Spirits  ; 
my  Soul  cries,  that  trie  A -mighty  and  powerful 
iiud  may  awaken  fuch  by  his  eternal  Word  of 
Truth,  whi--.li  tho'  People  ma--  change,  and.bj- 
come  Icfs  fervent  and  zealous  for  his  Caufe,  L  die 
fame  that  ever  it  was,  and  rema  ns  fo  for  ever. 

"  And  dear  Friends,  Brethren  and  Sifters ,  my 
Soul  intreats  you,  as  tho'  1  was  prefer*  uith  you, 
every  one  to  fee  to  the  Dilcharging  yourfelve^  in 
the  Time  allotted  to  you,  of  your  refpeCt  ve  Du 
ties  and  Services  in  the  Church  of  Chi  ill ;  for  you 
are  not  called  to  be  idle,  neither  to  ferve  your- 
ielves ;  but  that  with  your  Abilities  and  Qualifica-  \ 
tions,  you  Ihould  above  ail,  and  in  every  Udder- 
taking  labour  to  exalt  and  fhew  forth  the  Glory 
and  Excellency  of  tbe  cverkfting,  undefied,  glo 
rious  Truth  ;  which  God  in  his  Mercy  has  given 
you  to  believe  in,  which  muft  be  over  all,  and 
iliine  to  the  very  Ends  of  the  Earth  ;  and  th<.fe 
who  are  faithful  Livers  to  it,  fhali  be  dignified 
G  2  with 


(    4*     D 

with  Riches  and  Honour  that  fhall  never  fade  away.' 
**  My  Friends,'  my  Heart  is  open  in  the  ExteiKi- 
ings  of  eternal  Life  towards  you,  and  for  the  Drl- 
charge  of  my  Duty  I  am  plain  with  you  :  And 
farther  ;  I  cannot  but  defire  you  to  confider,  how 
Induftrioufly  careful,  and  earneftly  concerned  fome 
both  Men  and  Women,  are  about  temporal  Things^ 
fome  in  one  Sort,  fomc  in  another,  in  tneir  Trades 
and  Dialing, -and  aboutthe  very  Cattle,  and  by  fuch 
Induftry  attain  to 'great  Skill  and  Acutenefs  in  their 
clivers  Profellions  and  Employments  ;  tho*  moft  of 
this  is  to  gratify  human  Defires  and  Inclinations, 
and  to  make  them  and  their  Poftericy  appear  great 
In  this  World.  If  fuch  did  but  employ  their  Capa- 
cites  and  Qualifications  which  God  has  given  them, 
•with  the  like  Earneftnefs,  about  heavenly  Things 
(proportionably  to  the  Weightinefsof  Mutters)  and 
to  be  great  in  Favour  with  the  Almighty,  rich  in 
Faith  and  good  Works,  and  to  endcarour  to  bring 
up  their  Cniidren  in  the  Nurture  of  the  Lord;  and 
as  much  as  in  them  lies,  to  prepare  their  Minds  to 
receive  the  Power  of  Truth,  without  which  they 
cau  never  be  happy  :  Oh  !  then  we  fhouid  fooa 
have  mary,  both  Men  and  Women,  excellent!  y 
q  -Jiified  with  clear  Underftandings,  found  i:i 
Judgment,  not  wanting  Zeal  for  the  Lord  (which 
at  prefent-  is  too  much  wanting)  becaule  the  en 
gaging  Love  of  God  would  be  flied  plentifully  in 
iheir  Hearts,  drawing  them  to  ferve  the  Lord 
-heartily  :  And  may  we  not  juftly  fay,  if  (ome  were 
.as  zealous  for  the  Lord  and  his  Truth,  as  they  are 
for  themfelves  and  their  own  Concerns,  they 
would  foon  be  mighty  Men  and  Women  for  the 
Lord,  and  great  would  be  their  Comfort  and 
jReward  both  here  and •  hereafter , 

**  JJear  Friends,  my  Heart  is  reverently  bowed, 
that  the  Lord  has  opened  my  Way,  to  eafe  my  Spirit 
a  little  to  j»ou,  from  the  Concern  I  am  under  for  ail 

y  our 


C    49    ) 

your  Good  ;  and  I  beg  earneftly  of  you  who  are 
more  elderly,  to  let  what  I  have  here  wr;t,  have 
a  Place  in  your  folid  Confideration :  Knowing 
there  is  no  Reafon  for  the  truly  Living  to  be  of 
fended  :  And  you  who  are  young,  lay  Things  to 
Heart,  for  now  is  your  Time,  and  as  you  wifh. 
to  be  happy,  bow  inwardly  to  Truth,  that  you 
may  be  faved  by  it,  and  become  of  the  Redeemed  of 
the  Lordy  fo  will  he  be  a  tender  Father  to  you,  pro 
viding  for  you  what  he  fees  you  have  Keed  of, 
Which,  without  him,  you  cannot  provide  for  your- 
felves. 

**  And  oh  !  you  truly  living  Souls,  you  Travel 
lers  in  the  Deep,  that  nothing  can  fatisfy  but  God's 
Arifir.g,  firft  in  yourfelves,  and  then  in  others  ;  fo 
that  he  alone  may  be  exalted,  and  may  have  Liber 
ty  to  fway  his  Scepter  in  BJ^hteoufnefs,  that  what 
ever  is  contrary  to  him,  wherever  it  is,  may  come 
tinder  Judgment :  As  I  know  there  are  fuch  a- 
mong  you,  my  Spirit  is  ftedfaftly  wkh  you. 
1  "  And  dear  Friends,  this  one  Thing  is  yet  in  my 
Heart  to  you;  (tho  I  have  been  already  unexpect 
edly  enlarged)  keep  in  Mind,  that  it  is  the  Life  of 
(Truth  which  quickens  the  Sou!  to  God  ;  if  ever  we  be 
come  of  his  People  indeed,  'tis  by  retaining  a  Thirli 
after  the  renewed  Springings-up  thereof  in  the 
Soul;  and  this  alone  can  keep  us  to  be  of  his 
People,  and  whoever  lofeth  this  true  Thirft  after 
Life,  humbling,  bowing  Life,  they  lofe  there 
Accefs  to  God,  and  that  wherein  alone  is  Accep 
tance  with  the  Father.  It  is  the  Life  that  Is  the 
Light;  'tis  the  Life  that  is  our  only  Strength,  and 
alone  the  Sanduary  and  place  of  Safety  in  all  Befet- 
fnents :  And  tho*  it  may  fomedmes  feem  as  if  it  were 
fealed  up,  and  the  Heavens  may  appear  like  Brafs, 
yet  the  truly  thirfty  Soul,  that  retains  its  earneft 
Travel,  and  cries  after  the  Enjoyment  of  Life,  will 
sever  be  tried  beyond  -what  it  wiH  fee  helped  to  en- 


C    50    ) 

clure,  to  the  encreafin'*  of  its  Experience  of  the 
Lord's  Gpodnefs,  and  adding  Obligation  upon  it, 
to  fervc  him  faithfully,  who  'sLord  God  Almighty, 
•worthy  to  be  feryed  and  obeyed  by  all  People  for 
ever  ;  into  \vhofe  Hand  of  Love,  I  commit  you  all 
•with  my  own  Soul  :  and  in  the  Senie  of  his  uniting 
heart-tendering  Love,  I  bid  you  farewel,  and  re 
main  your  rear  Friend  according  to  n>  Meafure, 
iv  "io  ear;  '  fli»  feek  the  Good  of  ail  People. 
Cliffs,  in  Maryland,  in 

America,  the  i  itb       JOHN  Fo  THERG  IL  L." 

tftke  Sixth 


90  Friends  in  Rhode-Ifland  and  New-  England. 
£C    OEARLY  BELOVED  FRIENDS! 

*TTN!  the  Lore  of  our  heavenly  Father,  where* 
_£  !^y  through  his  Son  the  Lord  Jtfus  Chrift, 
our  Defied  Saviour,  he  hath  gracioufly  vifited  our 
Souls,  and  by  the  merciful  Drawings  thereof,  hath 
gathered  a  People  into  Acquaintance,  and  meafu- 
rably  into  Covenant  with  himfeif,  and  one  wirh  an 
other,  my  Spirit  doth  at  this  Time  tenrferl  y  falute  \  ou  ; 
carnefliy  praying,  as  at  many  other  Times  finee  our 
outward  Separation,  that  the  eternal  and  divine 
Spring  of  Love  and  Lire  may  abound  among  >ou  ; 
and  I  firmly  believe  it  will  be  fo,  as  you  wait  for  it 
•with  Diligence  and  Patience  ;  as  it  is  the  incumbent 
Duty  of  both  Old  and  Young,  becaufe  daily  Bread 
to  our  inward  Man  we  ail  have  need  of:  And  that 
oar  bteffcd  Father  may  guide  and  keep  us,  and  may 
ever  be  with  us  on  all  OwCafions,  is  my  fervent 
Cry. 

"  And,  my  dear  Frrtjdsya&itis  divine  Love  that  hath 
overcome  our  Sou's,  and  gathered  us  tobe  a  People 
tolhew  forth  the  Pr.'ifeoftheliving  God;  thefame  di 
vine  Lova  drawshiN  Servants  from  Country  to  Coun 
try  ,  tOfUitandftrcngchen  one  another  inthe  Way  to 

Peace. 


C    .<«    ) 

Peace.  The  Strength  of  this  Love,  ofrsn  es- 
gaged  mv  Spirit  wiicn  v  ith  you,  in  a  deep  Travel, 
both  b>  Night  and  b  Day,  for  the  Exaltation  of 
the  Government,  and  Righteou  fuels  of  our  gracious 
God  ;  that  he  rray  d^  igiit  to  dwell  among  us,  a  d 
througfi  our  Fai:  -fatnefs  to  him,  his  glorious 
Kime  may  magnified  among  rhtm  who  are  afar 
off. 

"  And  very  often  fince  has  try  Heart  been 
drawn  towards  you,  and  i:  rem  tins  engaged, 
•with  thofe  who  are  truly  concerned  among 
you,  and  f  10  i  I  kiow  there  are,  both  Elder 
and  Younger,  Male  and  Female  ;  whom  I  befecjh 
in  the  Bowels  of  engaging,  uniiing  Love,  form-  as 
Fathers  and  Motheis,  ar.d  forne  as  Brethren  and 
Sifters,  as  to  Age,  to  labour  that  nothing  may  hin 
der  your  Growth  and  Progreis  in  due  Care  and 
Jjiiigence  ;  firft  rcfpectin^  your  own  Souls,  and 
then  in  faithful  Care  and  fuirable  Dealing  with  thofe 
of  your  Koulhold,  your  Off-fpring  efpecially  ,if  fuch 
you  have  :  endeavouring  not  to  be  behind  in  due 
Labour,  not  only  in  living  Zeal  to  advife,  but 
to  reftrain  from  what  you  fee,  or  may  have  feen  to 
be  inconfiftent  with  the  Mind  ©f  Truth,  and  per- 
nitious  to  them,  in  refpedt  to  their  Souls  Happi- 
nels :  And  in  the  next  Place,  relating  to  the 
Churches  in  the  refpective  Places,  where  your  Lots 
may  be  caft  ;  having  efpecial  Care  that  ihofe  who 
come  among  you,  and  are  reputed  to  be  of  you, 
may  live  to  Truth,  and  come  up  in  Obedience 
to  the  holy  Leadings  of  it :  Which  true  and  ciii- 
gent  Care  over  one  another,  hath  often  proved 
greatly  helpful  to  fome  weak  and  daggering  Peo 
ple,  and  a  Comfort  to  the  Admonifhers  :  For 
Frkndi  may  have  heard  Line  upon  Line,  and  Precept 
fipfn  Precept,  in  a  public  or  general  Way  ;  and 
they  believe  that  Truth  is  Truth,  and  ar« 
willing  to  make  PrufciSon  of  it,  and  love  t» 

hca.t 


C     5*    > 

bear  its  TefHmony  ;  yet  from  Time  to  Time* con 
tinue  in  what  the  truly  Living  know  iscondemna- 
blc,  and  not  of  the  Nature  of  God's  bleflcHi  Truth. 

"  I  fay,  my  Friends^  we  muft  come  to  this,  to 
tell  fuch  tbou  art  the  Aian,  who  art  unfaithful  in 
this  or  the  other  Thing,  which  we  know  the  Spi 
rit  of  Truth,  if  regarded,  doth  fhew  to  be  evil, 
arid  would  lead  out  of;  It  is  a  Hurt  to  thy  own 
Particular,  a  Reproach  to  the.  bleiled  Truth,  and 
a  CauTe  of  Sorrow  to  the  true  Seekers  of  Shu's. 
Profperit/  ;  be  they  rich,  or  antient,  or  near  Ac 
quaintance,  or  under  what  Circumfcmces  foevers 
who  flay  behind:  This  I  believe  is  the  Way  in 
which  the  Lord  will  have  them  dealt  with,  if  con 
cerned  Perfons  Ihrink  not  from  their  Places.  . 

"  Bear  with  my  Plainnefs,  dear  Friends,  I  muft 
be  fo,  if  I  be  right ;  think  on  thefe  Tilings,  and 
look  to  the  full  Difcharge  ofthatTruft  and  Ser 
vice,  which  the  living  and  holy  God  has  repofed 
in  you,  and  fitted  you  for,  many  of  you  in  divers 
Places,  both  Male  and  Female  ;  and  he  would  fie 
many  more,  if  they  would  but  ftand  loofer  from 
the  loading,  clogging,  reafoning  World,  and  the 
Hindrances  that  attend  thole,  who  earneftly  purfue 
it,  Arife,  arife,  you  who  know  that  the  Almigh 
ty  would  make  t7fe  of  you  in  his Houfe,  his  Church, 
if  you  would  but  caft  your  Care  upon  him  ;  mind 
Iieavenly  Things  more  than  earthly,  and  flhake  oiF 
your  Reafonings  and  entangling  Enjoyments,  and 
the  Lord  will  then  make  Ufe  of  you,  and  you  iliall 
mot  want  your  Reward,  but  fhali  have  what  he, 
who  is  wifer  than  Man,  fees  convenient  for  you* 
here,  and  an  eternal  Glory  with  him  hereafter. 
But  if  all  the  Labour  of  Love  thus  every  Way  be- 
ftowed,  doth  not  prevail  with  the  Earthly-minded, 
•r  th»fe  who  mind  themfelves  too  much,  the  Lord 
•will  pafs  by  them,  and  choofc  others  into  their  Pla 
ces,  and  will  give  them  their  Reward  :  Thus  I 

am 


C   5s   3 

cased  on  this  Head,  being  truly  plain  in  God's 
Love. 

"  Yet  I  have  farther  to  treat  with  fome  among 
you,  who  may  perhaps  be  of  the  elder  Rank,  but 
have  not  gone  on  in  the  Way,  that  in  the  Vifirati- 
on  of  the  Love  of  God,  rhey  were  convinced  was 
right,  fo  honettly  ard  uprightly  as  they  fhould 
have  done  ;  but  have  Itooped  a  licrle  here, 
and  a  little  there,  and  rather  fhrunk  from  the 
Work  of  the  Mighty  God,  fomerimes  with  one 
Shoulder,  fometimes  with  the  other,  and  flood  noc 
upright  like  Men  for  him,  in  the  Day  when  he 
would  have  made  principal  Warriors  of  them  * 
by  which  Means  and  Doings  they  have  mar 
red  and  wounded  themfelves,  (b  that  they  have 
hot  the  Clearnefs  of  Sight,  nor  Underftandingf,  nor 
are  they  to  be  leaned  upon,  as  according  to  their 
Aee  they  might  have  been.  ,  For  if  they  had 
wa  ked  uprightly  and  faithfully  before  the  Lord, 
regarding  his  Honour  and  Teftimon)-  as  they  ought 
to  have  done  ;  he  would  undoubtedly  have  made 
them  capable  of  being  thus  ferviceable  and  honour 
able  in  his  Hand,  as  he  hath  made  a1  Remnant  a- 
rnong  you,  through  their  Faithfulnefs  to  him  in 
a  Day  of  Trial,  Unto  whom  my  Soul  cleaves  iri 
immortal  Love. 

*'  But  this  is  not  all  the  Damage  which  has  en-, 
fued  by  giving  Way  in  this  Manner ;  the  Spirit  of 
the  World,  and  its  corrupt  Fruits,  which  Truth 
has  to  make  War  againft,  hereby  have  been  fpa- 
red  and  got  Strength,  and  were  the  harder  to  en 
counter  by  fuch  as  God  raifed  up,  and  who  muff: 
ftand  for  the  Truth  in  good  Earneft ;  their  Work 
was  hnirder,  their  Burthen  heavier,  and  the  War 
fare  in  fome  Refpedts  made  longer  through  fuchl 
Unfaithfulnefs ;  but  the  Lord  is  on  his  Way  in 
goodEarneft,  and  is  and  will  be  mindful  of  all  who 
truly  wait  for  his  Counfel,  both  Old  and  Young 
H  an* 


(    54    ) 

and  wh6  glre  up  their  All  in  true 
*pon  him :  He  has  been  the  God  and  Helper 
his  People  in  all  their  Streights  and  Befetmcnts, 
and  he  will  never  forfakc  his  little  Ones,  as  they 
confide  in  him.  My  Heart  is  filled  and  overcome 
with  the  living  Senfe  of  immediate  Extending  qf 
his  Love  and  fatherly  Care  over  all  his  Family  ; 
efpccially  the  faithful  Warriors  for  his  Righte- 
oufnefs,  and  holy  Teftimony  agairift  the  Corrup 
tion  of  the  World  :  Whether  they  are  fuch  as  arc 
Immediately  engaged  in  Perfon,  or  are  fuch  as  h.iv« 
been  valiant  in  their  Day,  and  have  done  their 
Day's  Work  truly  ;  or  are  true  in  Faith  and  S  if- 
ferers  in  Spirit,  and  right  in  Heart  with  thofe  who 
arc  fo  engaged,  though  not  required  to  be  much 
perfonally  concerned  ;  fuch  are  all  the  Lamb** 
Followers  and  Warriors  ;  and  the  Lord  of  Hea- 
Yen  and  Earth  has  a  careful  Eye  over  them  for 
Good  ;  and  in  keeping  true  to  him,  he  will  be  with 
them,  and  they  fhall  have  the  Victory. 

"  Thus  my  Heart  is  open  to  all  my  faithful'  Bre* 
thren  and  Sifters,  in  a  pure  Stream  of  Love,  w  hicb 
fprung  up,  and  a  little  drew  me  from  another  Mat 
ter  ;  and  from  Per  ions  under  fome  other  Circum- 
fiances,  who  for  Age  might  have  been  more  fer- 
viceable,  and  more  worthy  of  true  Honour,  than 
now  they  are.  Some  of  thefe  have  had  a  Service 
in  their  Time,  and  I  know,  Kindnefs  from  a  ten 
der  Father  has  often  reached  towards  them  for 
their  Good,  and  in  order  to  ftir  them  up  clolely  to 
confider  where  they  had  Hooped,  and  given  Way 
to  the  wrong  Thing ;  and  altho*  I  am  led  to  treat 
after  an  unpleafant  Manner,  I  doubt,  to  fome,  and 
I  am  fure,  as  a  Man,  it  is  fo  to  me,  yet  Heart  was 
engaged  on  this  Wife,  fometime  fince,  to  treat 
tvith  fuch ;  and  my  Spirit,  tho*  at  firlt  attended 
with  Sorrow  on  their  Account,  yet  was  prefently 
fiiU  e'f  the  Reachings  of  immortal  Love  to  thenv 

with 


C    S3     ) 

with  an  Invitation  from  th-  God  of  Mercy  to  fueH 
Holders-back,  and  rather  Hinderers  of  the  Worl$ 
of  the  Lord  ;  for  fuch  you  may  foon  find  your- 
Selves  to  have  been,  not  only  by  your  giving  Way 
yourfelves,  but  when  any  Thing  has  been  to  b« 
difcourfed  of  as  a  Branch  of  our  holy  Teftimony, 
have  you  not  generally  rather  oppofed  it,  and  been 
Pleaders  for  Eafc  and  Liberty,  and  withhold 
ing  of  right  Judgment  from  being  placed  upon 
Things  that  were  mconfiftenc  with  Truth  ?  Oh  ! 
that  you  may  lee  yourfelves,  and  lay  hold  of  thftC 
Searching,  pnrifying  Power  of  the  Living  God, 
which  is  extended  towards  you,  which  though  ic 
would  lay  hold  in  Judgment,  yet  Mercy  followi 
very  near  :  Let  a  Time  of  fearching  and  humbling 
have  its  Way,  I  befeech  you  in  that  Love,  which 
I  know  comes  from  the  holy  One :  For  he  will 
bring  Men  to  Account  when  he  plealeth,  and  in 
Judgment  will  not  regard  their  Stations  in  thii 
World  :  The  faithful,  upright  Walkers,  the  Lo 
vers  of  God's  Testimony ,  more  than  Life,  or  Liberty  „ 
or  Eftate,  or  any  other  Enjoyment,  thefe  will  bead' 
mittedinto  the  Lord's  Reft;  when  fome  more  know 
ing  (in  theirownE/es)  orolder,  or  richer,  and  of 
more  Account  among  Men,  will  be  difowned  by 
him,  if  ihey  do  not  come  up  in  more  Faithfulnefsj 
*'  I  am  earned  with  you  upon  this  Head,  bccaufs 
a  Concern  faftened  clofe  upon  me,  well -knowing 
that  the  Lord  would  have  fuch  truly  awakened  ; 
that  as  fome  are  haftening  to  the  Grave,  they  may 
go  away  living  and  bright,  and  leave  an  encou 
raging  Example  to  the  Younger,  whom  the  Lord 
is  itirring  up.  And  that  others  who  to  Appearanc« 
are  not  (o  near  their  latter  End,  may  be  roufed  up 
out  of  their  unfafe  Refh,  and  ftand  up  like  Men  for 
God  indeed  :  And  he  would  make  fome  of  you,  I 
rully  believe,  who  have  rather  been  Rerarders  of  the 
Work,  valiant  for  his  Caufe,  and  fcrviceable  in  ma- 
Ha  91 


C    |$    5 

-;  whereby  you  will  at  lafr  receive  the 
vu  Sentence  of  Well  done.  That  the  Lord  God 
of  Mercy  andSilvation  may  thus  prevail  upon  you 
all,  is  my  earneft  Prayer,  with'  an  Heart  full  ot 
true  L'  ve ;  believing  there  will  be  but  few,  if  any 
offended  at  my  Plainnefs,  except  fuch  as  have  fome 
need  to  lay  faft  hold  of  this  renewed  Vifitation  : 
For  it  will  not  touch  the  Lord's  deeply  engaged 
Servants,  and  fauhful  Burthen-Bearers  for  Zion's 
Sake. 

"  And  as  I  have  been  drawn  to  intreat,  and  ten 
derly  to  caudon  both  Older  and  Younger,  Men 
and  Women,  whofe  Spirits  are  engaged  to  feek  the 
Honour  of  God  every  Way  according  to  their 
Capacities,  the  Profperity  of  his  holy  bleffed 
Tiuth,  and  the  Growth  of  thole  who  make  Pro- 
fefiionofit,  in  the  Righteoufnefs  which  it  would 
lead,  and  doth  lead  the  faithful  Followers  of  it  in 
to  :  that  they  who  have  this  Care  upon  them  (as 
1  know  many  have)  may  fee  to  the  full  Difchargc 
of  their  Duty  :  So  I  have  to  fpeak  to  fuch  as  have 
been  convinced  in  their  Judgments  that  'Truth  is 
*TrKit>,  and  make  fome  Profeinon  thereof,  yet  live 
out  of  the  Life  of  it,  and  fhun  the  Crofs  of  Chrift, 
that  would  break  them  off  from  their  former  vain 
Converfation  ;  in  Words  and  Actions  which 
are  of  the  FlefTi  and  the  World,  and  not  of  the  Fa 
ther  ;  and  tend  to  nothing  but  to  gratify  the  rlcfhly 
Mind  and  Deftres  in  yourfelves  and  others,  whom 
you  may  lime  to  pleafe  either  for  worldly  Profit 
01  Pieaibre/tho'  m  fo  doing  you  ili.ght  and  neglect 
what  would  make  for  your  future  happiness  and 
eternal  Peace.  Oh!  nv  Bov^els  are  full  of  Love 
and  Pity  for  you  ;  and  I  am  engaged,  tho'  ablcnc 
in  Body,  to  call  unto  you  once  more,  to  confider 
ofy;ur  Latter-End^  the  Time  whereof  is  uncer 
tain  ,  and  that  you  rruft  give  Account  to  a  righte 
ous  God,  who  has  long  waited  overand  invited  you 

in 


C    57    ) 

in  Mercy,  and  who  will  be  juft  in  his  Rewards 
According  to  the  Deeds  you  have  done.  Look  in-* 
to  yourfelvesin  Coolnefs,  I  befeech  you,  and  fee 
waofe  Will  you  ;;re  doing,  and  whether  you, live 
to  the  pure  Word  of  Truth,  the  Spirit  of  holy 
Jefus  ;  or  to  the  F  tfh,  ard  the  vain  corrupt  S  >i- 
rit  of  this  perilling  World.  You  have  had  man>  Re 
proofs,  by  the  Grace  of  God;  you  have  «dfo  had 
many  Opportunities  of  ht-arirg  rhe  everlafting-- 
Gofpel  and  Word  of  Truth  plainly  declared,  in 
the  Love  and  Power  of  ihe  Father;  all  which 
has  been  for  the  Gathering  vou  to  Truth  ad 
Righteoufnefs,  and  out  of  the  Corruptions  of  the 
World^  to  be  a  People  to  bear  a  faithful  Tefti- 
mony,  in  Words  and  Actions  againft  the  apotiate 
Practices,  and  to  thai  Power  which  never  fell,  and 
is  come  to  redeem  the  Fallen  to  itfelf".  And  you 
have  many  of  you  been  advildd  and  plainly  dealt 
•with,  by  the  Servants  of  God,  and  of  his  Church  ; 
tho'  fome  to  their  own  Hurt,  as  it  will  be  found  it 
one  Time  or  oth.-r,  have  flighted  their  Advices, 
and  rather  defpifed  them.  JHur  be  it  known  to  ail 
fuch,  as  would  have  no  Bounds  fet  to  their  corrupt 
Inclinations  and  Humours,  that  the  Lord  will  yet 
concern  others  to  treat  plainly  with  them,  yet  for 
no  o:her  End,  than  the  Honour  of  his  Truih  and 
their  Good  :  And  if  ail  will  not  prevail  uith  fu.  h 
to  obey  the  righteous  and  holy  Truth,  the  fcUr- 
veft  will  pafs  over  titeir  Heads,  and  they  will  be  un- 
gathered  ;  and  will  then,  ti»o' too  late  remember, 
who  were  their  Friends,  and  acknowledge  the 
great  Mercy  of  a  long  fullering  God  towards  them. 
That  vou  may  be  brought  forward  in  true  Faith- 
fulnefs,  while  Time  for  it  is  continued,  I  am  thus 
engaged  to  treat  with  you  in  the  Father's  Lo/e, 
•which  I  heartily  defire  you  ma*  embrace,  and  be 
fitted  to  enjoy  it  both  here  and  hereafter. 

"  There 


C    5«     3 

**  There  yet  remains  upon  my  Mind,  a  near  Con 
cern  for  fuch  as  have  been  moftly  educated  and 
and  brought  up  in  the  Profeffion  of  Truth,  and  are 
Children  of  believing  Parents,  whofe  Care  it  has 
been,  both  to  ad  vile  their  OtF-fpring;  faithfully,  and 
to  fet  before  them  good  Examples.  The/  you 
might  be  included  in  what  is  above  written,  yet  I 
have  to  treat  with  you  in  particular,  in  hopes  that 
fche  Cautions  may  be  more  prevalent,  There  arc 
feveral,  J  fear,  if  not  many,  who  take  more  de 
light  to  be  like  the  vain  World  in  their  Conduct 
and  Conrerfation,  than  to  grow  up  in  Obedience 
to  Truth  which  workcth  in  you,  and  in  a  Gravity 
and  Comlinefs  anfwerable  to  the  Care,  the  Labour, 
and  the  Example  of  your  honeft  Parents :  But  re-' 
member,  that  both  thcfe  inward  Convictions,  the 
Care  and  Advice  of  Parents  and  others  aremcrciftil 
Visitations  to  you  from  your  great  Creator ;  in 
order  to  gather  you  in  your  young  Years  into, 
Righteoufnefs,  without  which  none  can  enter  the 
Kingdom  of  God:  And  be  aflured,  the  Time  wiM; 
dome,  and  irmay  be  unawares,  when  you  muft  be 
accountable  for  them  all  to  the  Judge  of  Heaven  and 
Earth.  Therefore  be  intreafed  to  feek  after  Ac 
quaintance  uith,  and  Submiflion  to  the  pure 
Principle  of  Truth  in  yourfelres,  which  you  make 
Proferfion  of;  thar  by  the  Power  and  Virtue  of  it, 
you  may  come  to  be  WitnelFesof  itsfaving  you  from 
Vanity,  and  delivering  from  corrupt  Inclinations  ;, 
and  fo  you  may  be  brought  into  Communion  witk 
the  living  God,  and  become  faithful  Teftimony- 
bearers  ror  him  in  your  Generations,  in  the 
Room  of  your  Parents  and  others  u*  ho  are  paffing 
away  :  The  Biefling  of  the  Lord  (hall  then  be  up 
on  you  while  here,  and  at  laft  an  Inheritance  a- 
mong  the  Sanctified  will  be  your  Portion. 

"  And  tho*  feme  young  People  among  you  may 
not  hareiiad  chofe  Advantages  of  due  Care  over  them, 

nor 


t    59    5 

nbr  the  Benefit  of  Examples  in  Sobriety  and  Faitfrr 
fulnefs,  from  their  Parents,  which  fbme  others 
have  i  yet  I  believe  thefe  can  fee  that  it  has  Irecn 
their  Parents  Fault,  and  if  they  had  been  true  to* 
their  Principles,  or  rather  to  the  Principle  of 
Truth  they  profeffed,  it  would  have  taught  them, 
fcoth  to  have  been  better  Examples,  and  to  have 
advifed  nnd  reftrained  you  more,  from  rain  Ways 
and  Company,  and  youthful  Pleafures,  which  we 
know  war  again  ft  the  Soul.  Wherefore  be  per-' 
fuaded,  Ibefeech  you,  as  you  are  I  believe  con> 
vinced  concerning  the  Truth,  to  learn  of  it,  and 
fuffer  it  to  lead  you,  tho*  it  be  from  your  Plea- 
lures ;  and  inftead  of  taking  Liberty  cither  frora 
your  Parents  Indulgence  and  Neglect,  or  their 
Loofnefs  and  Mifcondudt,  rather  let  them  ferve  as 
Caution  and  Inftru&ion  to  you  not  to  do  the  like .; 
feeing  you  know  or  believe  that  they  ihould  hayc 
done  otherwife.  My  Heart  is  engaged  for  your 
Good  and  Happinefs  every  Way,  oh  you  young 
People  !  who  have  been  brought  up  in  fome  Pro- 
feflion  of  the  blefled  Truth  of  God  in  ^articular  at 
this  Time  ;  and  I  am  ienfible  as  I  treat  in  Pkinnefc 
with  you  to  cleave  to  Truth,  that  you  may  be 
broken  off  from  Vanity,  and  vain  and  idle  Company, 
which  'tis  impoilible  to  ufe  ;frequently  and  unnc- 
celTarily  without  Damage  and  Kurt,  if  People  look 
with  a  right  Eye:  Therefore  be  warned  and  fhun 
it  in  Time,  before  you  be  like  it,  as  I  fear  fome  are 
already  too  much.  Let  the  Extending  of  divine" 
Love,  both  fecretly  in  your  Hearts,  and  inftru- 
mentaity  win  upon  you,  and  humble  and  foften 
your  Spirits  before  the  Lord  of  Mercy,  who  is 
gracious  abundantly,  and  waits  to  fhed  his  Love 
abroad  in  many  Hearts,  if  they  would  but  make 
Yoomforit:  lathe  JUaing-forth  thereof  towards 
many  of  the  Youth,  who  have  been  Lovers  of 
their  own.  Ways,  mors  than  the  Ways  of  Gofpejt 

Truth, 


C     6°     ) 

Truth,  I  thus  difcharge  myfelf  to  you  ;  withPray- 
ers  that  this  renewed  Visitation  from  our  heavenly 
Father,  who  would  make  you  his  Children  indeed^ 
and  Heiis  of  the  Kindom,  may  have  iu  due  Weight 
with  you  all. 

"  And  ro  you  dear  and  tender  Ipirited  Ones  a- 
mor.g  the  Youth,  Male  and  Ferrule,  upon  whom 
the  fweet  It>fluenceof  the  Love  of  God  hath  made 
fomelmpreHion,  and  hath  begot  Defires  in  you  after 
the  Enjoyment  of  it,  and  that  you  may  grow  up 
fuch  as  God  would  have  you  to  be  ;  tho*  you  are 
often  befet  with  the  Strength  of  your  own  Inclina- 
tiwvs,  and  the  fecret  Allurements  of  Sttan,*  render 
ed  more  enfnaring  by  the  Means  of  Ailbciates  and 
former  Acquaintance j  drawing  your  Minds  out  af 
ter  one  little  Thing,  or  another  lirtle  Matrer,  ac 
cording  to  your  various  Circumftances  and  Tempers, 
and  pleading  the  Harmlefnefs  of  it  too :  Beware  of 
fuch  Tilings  I  intrejt  you^  and  as  your  Faces  are^ 
turned  from  them,  v  hen  your  Hearts  are  moft 
tender,  and  your  Spirits  the  moft  fweetened  with 
divine  Love  ;  be  careful  not  to  tamper  with  them 
TV  hen  that  may  be  a  little  withdrawn  ;  for  then  is 
the  Time  of  the  Enemy's  working  :  And  Love, 
I  befeech  you,  and  as  much  as  poflible  keep  to 
folid  Company,  there  you  will  find  Help ;  and  ihun 
the  Company  that  love  idle,  Jangling,  and  airy 
Difcourfe,  for  this  drav/s  back  and  hardens. 

"  Thus,  dear  young  Friends*  be  careful  that  the 
Work  which  th  Lord  his  begun  in  you,  in  order 
to  fit  you  for  himfclf,  and  to  enjor  his  holy  living 
Prefence,  may  not  be  hindered:  It  you  cleave  clofc 
to  him,  and  regard  him  diligently,  he  will  be  with 
you,  and  you  know  not  what  Ufe  he  may  make  of 
you  in  his  Family,  or  to  bear  his  glorious  Name  t® 
Other  People. 

"  And  you,  my  Brethren,  and  tender  Sifters, 
nrfiohave  fomething  of  this  Work  committed  to 


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your  Charge,  to  appear  in  public  in  and  for  thd 
great  Name  ;  iome  of  whom  are  fitting   for  more 
and  more  Service,  yet  are  attended,  as  I  know  frme 
of  you  are,  with  many  Fears,  and  know  Times  of 
far  Withdrawing,    as  it  feerns  to  you,  fo  tliat  yoa 
think  you  arc  emptier  and  leaner  than  other  People  J 
and  fometimes  the  great  Difturber  feems  almoft  to 
be  lee  loofe  upon  you  ;  thefe  are  indeed   diftrelling. 
humbling,   proving  Times ;  yet  they  are  Times  of 
learning  great  Experience,  and  of  fitting  for  divers 
Services,  as  well  as  plunging    thoroughly   down, 
that  we  may  fee  wfcat  we  are,  when  the  Power  of 
Truth  hides  itfelf  from  us,  and   to  excrcife  our 
careful  Dependance  upon  the  Arm  and  Power  of 
the  Lord.     I  know  there  are  among  you,  who  are 
WitneiTes  that  this  hath  been  the  Way   in  whic*h 
God  hath  led  them,   and  fitted  them  for  his  Work; 
and  in  leaning  upon  the  divine  Hand  that  fliuts  and 
opens  as  it  fees  good,  they    have  been  preferved 
living  and  fweet  to  this   time      And  I  wifh   that 
all  who  take  the  mighty  Name  in  their  Mouths  in  this 
refpect,    were  rightly  prepared  for    it,  and   had 
come  in  at  the  right  Door,  and  kept  a  due  Dependency 
upon  renewed,  divine  Opening,  and  would  open  and 
fliut  with  it  •  But  I  fear  with  fome  it  is  otherwife^ 
tho*  thofe  who  ftand  moft  in  need  of  Caution,  are 
often  the  moft  backward  to  receive  it ;  and  thole  who 
want  rmher  taking  by  the  Hand,  are  the  moft  fubjecl: 
io  fearch  and  get  under  undue  Difcouragements. 
.    "  Dear  Friends,  I  am   led  fomewhat  farther  than, 
I  was  inclined  to  £o  in  this  refpect ;  but  I  fee  not 
how  to  eaie  my  Spirit  other  wife,  and  Diall  add  thisi 
Intreaty  to  you  my  dear  and  truly    e (teemed   Bre 
thren  and  Sifters,  whofe  Hearts  andSoulsare  engaged 
in  Care  for  God's  Honour,     and  the  Churches 
Growth  in  Righreoufnefs,  and  Soundness  in  ever/ 
refped: :  Let  this  laft  mentioned  Obfervation  be 
lender  your  Notice ;  and  let  ail  unfavoury  and  un-\ 
I  lea- 


C     <Sz     ) 

feafoned  Spirits,  who  do,  or  would  bring;  forth  thei? 
dry,  dead  and  killing  Offerings  in  public,  be  dif- 
coura^ed,  lee  their  Words  be  as  fmoothly  com- 
pofcd  as  they  may  ;  for  this,  you  know,  may  be 
done  by  t.«c  Wit  of  Man,  but  they  can  nevr  be 
get  ri^.itlv  to  God.  And  as  this  ought  to  be  dif- 
courhgcd,  being  a  Dillemuer,  as  I  ihaycall  it,  that 
hath  aite^-cLd  your  Coumrv,  and  is  a  very  great 
Hindrance  to  Peoples  Growth;  fo  the  Tender  and 
Scimple  who  are  living  in  tiie  Truth,  tho*  little, 
nv  ft  be  encouraged:  And  I  pray  God,  that  h« 
iru;y  Itir  ycu  up  wi.om  he  ha^  qualified  for  his 
\\t-rk,  and  help  you  w-itii  his  powerful  Prefence 
to  labour  in  his  Vi  ^eyard  ;  that  People  may  have 
the  Opportunity  of  feeling  and  tailing  the  Dift'e- 
ce,  beiv.ixt  that  which  is  but  the  IJ'ords  of  Ajent 
ad  the  AJviftry  of  JESUS  CHRIST,  which  quickens 
the  Soul. 

"  Thus,  my   truly   near  and  eftcemcH  Friends^ 

£retfoen  and  Sifevs^  in  the  Covenant  of  Life,  and 

F^ilowlhip  <f  tr.e  everlafting  Goipei,  I  <  pen  my- 

felf  unto  ycu;     as  I  know  Truth  has  many  Tiroes 

opened  in  my  Heart,  in  lecret  hope,  that  tho' there 

Is  iomcthi.ig  of  A-.: vice  and  flirrii  g  up  herein,  from 

a  younger  brother  to   many  of  >  ou  ;   >  et    you  will 

not   ict  it  wholy    aftde,    but  give  it  room  in  }  our 

Minds      Jn  immortal  Love  from  the  Father  a..d 

Fountain  of  ail  our  Mercies,  I  tenderly  Ahbrace 

thctruiyL'vingairong  you;  bein:/,  bn-ughr  under  an 

Engagement  of*  Spirjl,  fur  many   Di/s  and  VCeeks, 

to  viiii:   you    \vkh  this  general  bfijllf>  as    it  fettled 

ttpoi.  my  Mind  in  that  \vhichdrev,  mefrom  my  native 

Country,  to  leave  w ith  you   now   before  I  rake  my 

Leave  of  _;/?/< rjaz.     I   remain   vour  Frierd  in  the 

Triuh,  and  a  Traveller  lor  Zwr's  Profperity   and 

tyeYulalem\  Peace,  and  that  her  Glory    may  fhine 

forth  to  ti-.e  Ends  of  the  Earth..  J.  F." 

Ai-tigua,  the  I  ft  of  the 

1707.^  Not 


C    %    ) 

Not  long  after  he  returned  from  this  his  fir  ft 
Vifie  to  America,  he  married  A-..argaret_  the  I),-L;>  :i- 
ter  of  Thomas  Hougb,  of  Suit  en  in  Cr'jlire,  a  Fami 
ly  of  Efteem  in  the  World^  a,  d  w*  kbganfwerablt 
to  our  holy  ProieiTion :  Sue  was  a  Pcrlon  of  .»n  ex 
emplary  Pie.y  and  Prudence  £  om  her  tender  Years, 
and  eminently  diftin^uifhed  by  that  molt  valuable 
Ornament,  a  meek  and  quiet  Spirit. 

From  this  Time  we  meet  not  with  any  Account 
of  his  being  engaged  in  much  publicService  abroad, 
till  the  Year  1709,  when  he  found  himfeH  engaged 
in  Spirit  to  vifit  'Friends  in  the  South-weft  Parts  of 
England,  of  which  Journey  the  following  ftiort  Ac 
count  is  prefer ved. 


TH 
j 


HE  1.2 th   of  the  Seventh  Month  1709,  I  fet 
forward  on  my  Journey,  to  vifit  the   South* 
•HN-ians  of  fyielantt,  having  been  under  Tome  Con-, 
cern  of  Spirit,  engaging  me  thereto,  fome  time  be 
fore  :  I  left   rry    dear  Wife  and  Friends  at   home, 
in  a  Senfcof  our  heavenly  Father's  Love  and  Care  ; 
and  met  my  Uncle  Gilbert  I'fampfon,  who   had  been 
iii<der  the  like  Concern,  at   MJdteiofch  in  O.e\\.ne\ 
where  we  joined  together  in  <h~  Service,  and   had 
a  good  edifying  Sbiori  v-ith  Friends  there  in  the 
Attendance  of  the  Virtue  of 'Truth,  to  our  Com 
fort;    and  went  to'  NamptwLh,  where   we  had  a 
Meeting,    the  i^th,  to  whichc^me  feveral  of  the 
People  ;  with  whom  we  had  a    pivtty  OJ-CM    ] 
From  hence    we    went  to  tfatverbampten,    and 
Stcurlridere^  wiiere   we   had   Meetings;  and    (b  to 
tfonrjter,  whereon  the  i«th,  being  the  Fir»   »f 
of  the  Week,  ^  were  at  two  Meeting^ ;  that  in 
the     Afienioon    efpeciallv,    was    a   good    S--  ;font 
through  the  frre  Extending  of  Truth,  both  toward 
Friends  and  others. 
';  After  this  we  had  Meetings  atTewfotary,  Gloucffer^ 

aijtfwick,  w acre  we  had  a  prett/  &ti.jfact 


Meeting,  thro*  fome  deep  Labour  of  Spirit,  andibtQ 
'  'JNaiifurtrtbi  and  had  a  large  Meeting,  in  which  the 
Love  of  God  engaged  us  in  a  deep  Labour,  and  flip- 
plied  with  Strength  to  difcharge  our  Spirits,  tho* 
in  a  routing,    ft aking   Manner,  and  Truth- pre* 
vailed  much  to  our  Comfort,  and  to  the  Help  of  the 
Faithful.      From   hence    we  went    to  Vkorubury) 
where  we  had  a  feafonable  Opportunity  in  the  Meet-1 
ing  there  ;  and  Ib  to  Brifol^  and  were  at  both  their 
Meetings  on  the  2$th,  being  Firft  Day  ;    wherein 
Truth  owned  us  freely,  both  in  giving  its  Teftimo- 
ny  forth,  and  in  coming  up  in  a  good  Degree   of 
Dominion.     On  the  Third  Day  following,  we  had 
another  good  folid  Meeting,  through  the  Labour  of. 
both,   tending  to  bend  fometoo  lofty  and  to  ftir  up 
fome  who  embraced  this  \Vorld  more  than  the  Life 
ofTruth,  to  more  Care  in  their  Duty  toGod,  and  for 
their  own  Good.  'From  hence  we  went  to  Gittfton- 
iury,  where  we  had  a  Meeting,  attended  with  fome 
heavy  Labour  in  the  Extending.-?  of  the  Love  of  Truth 
In  order  to  ftir  up  fome  dull  fpirited  Profeffors,  as 
ivell  as  to  ftrengthen  the  Faithful;  and  fo  to  Grintot^ 
\vherewe  had  a  pretty  edifying  Seafon  with  Friends 
in  their  Meeting  ;    and  alfo  the  next  Day  at  Long- 
button    which    Truth  owned   with  its    Prefence3 
much  to  ours  and  Friends  Comfort. 

The  2d  of  the  Eighth  Month,  being  the  fir  ft  of 
the  Week,  we  were  at  a  Meeting  at  Wellington* 
which  was  pretty  large,  but  very  exercifing,  by 
Reafon  of  a  dull,  earthly  Spirit  having  prevailed 
upon  the  Minds  of  fome  of  the  Profeffors  of  Truth: 
But  the  divine  Power  in  Mercy,  worked  ftrongly 
in  a  roufing  Manner ;  tho'  attended  ^ith  much  Ten- 
dernefs  towards  the  Faithful,  who  were  glad,  and 
praifed  God  in  Reverence.  And  that  Evening  we 
had  a  good  open  Meeting,  both  among  Friends  and 
many  fober  People,  and  the  Power  and  Teftimony 
of  Truth  was  exalted. 


•went 


C    65    5 

We  had  alfo  a  Meeting  at  JWtKefoad,  (where 
there  was  a  Marriage)  and  the  TeiHmony  of  Truth 
vent  freely  forth  amongft  the  People,  there  being 
of  divers  Profefiions,  ar.d  our  Spirits  were  com 
forted  with  Friends.  We  then  went  to  the  Quar 
terly  Meeting  for  Bevorfoire  at  Ccll&nptctt^  wh:cK 
began  that  Day  for  Worfhip,  and  was  folitiiy  com 
fortable.  The  next  Day  was  their  Meeting  for 
Bufinefs,  and  a  feafonable  edifying  Time,  From 
hence  we  went  to  a  Meeting  at  S$iceland>  where 
Truth  accompanied  us  mercifully,  to  the  ftirring 
up  of  thofe  who  were  at  Bale,  and  to  the  Encou 
ragement  and  Kelp  of  the  Upright  ;  and  fo  to  Ex 
eter,  and  were  at  Friends  Meeting,  which  was 
pretty  large,  and  Truth  opened  rreely  towards 
them,  engaging  us  to  declare,  that  in  becoming 
fubjecfc  to  the  Power  of  God's  Spirit,  we  only  can 
become  his  People  indeed  ;  and  that  to  live  under 
the  Senfe  thereof,  was  cur  Prefervation  :  At  Stic- 
kle-Path  we  like  wife  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends 
and  many  other  People  ;  amongft  whom  we  were 
favoured  with  a  pretty  open  Time.  From  this  P  e 
ive  went  to  Launcefton,  Perfoore^  Falmouth,  and  the 
Land's-Er.d,  and  had  a  Meeting  at  each  Place  ;  as 
alfo  at  JMarazhn,  where  feveral  other  People  came 
in,  arid  through  the  attending  of  Truth,  we  had  a 
good  edifying  Seafbn.  We  then  went  to  Falmcuth) 
and  had  a  Meeting  there  that  Evening,  which 
Truth  owned  very  eminently,  to  our,  and  Friends 
folid  Comfort ;  as  alfo  at  Key  the  nex[  Day,  to  which 
Place  many  Friends  from  Falmoutb accompanied  us; 
from  whom  we  parted  in  great  Sweet uefs,  and  fet 
out  for  %'rigany  and  Leskard,  to  a  General  Meeting, 
which  was  large,  and  a  blefifed  Opportunity  we 
had,  through  the  gracious  Attendance  of  Truth, 
and  the  Lord's  holy  Name  was  magnified.  From 
hence  we  went  to  Plymouth,  and  had  a  Meeting 
there,  and  the  next  Day  at  I\ir>gskridgt}  where  a 


C     <*<5     ) 

/Idefablc  Number  of  other  People  catrein,  and  the 
Pov\erand  Teftimony  of  Truth  wasexaiud.  From 
hcjicc  we  went  to  C  opjliam,  C'-ard,  yfarncomb,  Brid- 
port,  and  to  Dorchefter  ;  in  att  wtiich  Places  we  Had 
'Meetings,  and  ar  t.ie  iait  Place  many  of  tne  Town's 
P:opk  c.tme  in,  togeuef  \viih  aconfidcrabie'Num- 
bcr  of "Friends,  and  UK  Lord's  Power  and  Teftimo- 
ny  prevailed  to  our  Satisfaction  in  a  gooa  Degree, 
ar.-l  ihe  Lord  was  praifcd. 

O.i  tne  4th  of  the  Ninth  Month  we  went  to  Pool% 
from  thence  to  Ringiwed,  PordingbridtCy  Southamp 
ton,  Als\drd,  and  ib  through  .-.lion  and  Guitfordj  to 
London  tne  nth  ;  in  all  which  Places  we  had  Mect- 
inys  «4--.d  in  moil  to  the  Help  and  Comrort  of 
Fruncis,  and  the  Honour  of  tne  great  Name. 

T.ie  1 3rh,  being  the Firil  otttic  Week,  we  were 
at  tne  Bull  and-A'^ut}}  Meetiiig   in   the  Morning  \ 
-A  herein  the  ancient  Power  of  Chrift  our  neaveni/ 
Head,    came  over   Friends  Spirits,  much   to  our 
Comfort  and  Strength  :  In  the  Afternoon  we  were 
at  che  Peel  Meeting,    which    was   very   large,  and' 
many  fobcr  People  came  into   it ,    and  the  Lord's 
Power  was  over  all  in  a  great  and  foleiui  Manner,' 
and  his  holy  Name  was  magnified.     We  vffitcdthe 
Week  Day    Meetings,    and   on  the    20ih,      eing 
Firlt  Day,  were  at  Savoy  in  the   Morning,  which 
\vas  a  very  large  Meeting  of  Friends  and   others,' 
and  an  op-n  good  Time,  tf -rough  the  blefTed  Pre- 
valetuy  of  the  Power   of  Truth  ,  and  allo  in  the 
Afternoon  at  Wefminfefy  to  our  great  Comfort  and 
Satisfaction.     We  continued  10  fifit  the  Meetings 
in  Couife  through   the   Week,  and  on  the   zytu 
Tverc  at    Devonfhire  PJoitfe   in  the  Morning,  which 
•was  a  very  great  Meeting,    and  were  very  bow- 
ingly  opened  by  ti»e  Power  and  Virtue  oF  God's 
biciled  Truth ;  ia  the  Afternoon  at  Grace  Church 
Street,*  which  was  very  large  of  Friends  and  others, 
and  was,  through  divine  Goodnefs,  a  truly  edity- 


ftrengtheniiig  Time  to  the   Upright,  of 
whom  I  rook  Leave   in  great'  Sweetnefs. 

On  the*i8th  we  fet  out  on  our  Way  home 
wards,  and  had  a  Meeting  in  the  Evening  at  Wat- 
jovd,  and  the  ifext  Da  another  at  Jordan  s^  w  lie  re 
ieveral  Friends  met  us  fW>m  fon~e  other  Meetings; 
ar<d  it  was  an  edify  in- r,  ftrengih  ing  Time  in  the 
Preva'ency  of  God's  Power.  We  had  a  good  open 
M'eting  the  Da^  following  at  s/ilpshury,  wh^re 
there  were  fome  newly  convinced  of  Truth,  a<-d 
lome  other  fob  r  People,  to  whom  the  P-n^er  of 
Truth  reached  frecK,  and  rame  into  good  Domi 
nion,  blelT:  d  be  the  Name  of  the  Lord  God.  We 
had  a  Meeting  at  Babbitry ,  which  was  prettv  !ar?e, 
and  a  good  co  '  f.,r^ab'e  True,  through  much  deep 
Labour  with  divers  Sorts  of  Soirirs,  andCircumfta  - 
ces  of  People.  From  hence  we  went  homewards 
b"  ''^a-rvjjrk  and  Eirmin]^bam\  w!iere  we  had  Meet- 
ires  ;  on  the  Tsi  th  \ve  parued,  and  on  the  loth  I 
got  home,  and  found  my  deur  Wife  well  ;  ard  we 
•were  h'lmMy  and  truly  comforted  together,  in  the 
Cor  fide  ration  of  the  Lord's  Providence  to  us,  and 
in  a  Senfe  of  his  great 'and  unfpeakable  Goodnefs^ 
in  affording  U5  his  blefled  Prefence,  both  abroad 
and  ac  home. 

From  the  Time  of  h:.«?  returning  from  thi>  Vidt 
in  1709,  to  his  Second  Voyage  to  America  in  i-?.  i, 
ir  does  not  appear  from  any  Memoirs  in  our  Pof- 
fe Ton,  that  our  FATHKR  was  engaged  in  much 
public  Service  abroad  :  It  teems  moft  probable  that 
lie  was  now  at  Liberty  to  difcharge  the  neceflary 
Care  over  an  increafing  Family  :  In  this  Interral 
kowever,  he  vifited  Friends  in  fever^.1  of  the 
neighbouring  Counties  frequently,  attended  the 
^:>.rrerly  Meetings  at  Tork  pretty  conftantly,  and 
the  Yearly  Meetings  at  london^  as  he  found  hinafelf 
ttigaged  for  that  Service:  For  tho'  few  were 
'  mere 


C     68     j 

Shore  diligent  in  Bufmefs,  more  carefully  affcdion 
ate  to  every  Part  of  his  Family,  or  loved  mor£ 
to  be  at  home;  yet  whenever  he  perceived  it  was 
his  Duty  to  leave  them,  he  could  chearfully  call: 
his  Care  upon  One  that  was  able  to  fupply  all  Wants, 
and  on  whom  he  fecretly  and  tteadily  relied,  not 
with  prefumptuous  Boldnefv,  but  with  humble,  re 
verent  Truft  ;  and  ofren,  yea  very  often,  would 
he.takeOcca(Ion  to  recite  to  his  Family  thefrjnal  In- 
terpofitions  of  Divine  Providence  in  many'Trials, 
and  Exercifes  of  various  Kinds. 

In  the  Tear  1719,  he  met  with  a  very  clofely 
affecting  Difper.fation,  in  being  deprived  of  a 
faithful  and  siffetlionate  Companion  \  as  were  {even 
young  Children,  the  Eldeft  not  Ten  Years  old,  of 
a  religious  and  mcfl  tender  and  careful  Parent ,  before 
they  were  cap.ible  of-  knowing  their  Lofs.  This 
he  bore  with  holy  Resignation,  and  Acquiescence 
to  the  divine  Difpofal,  as  appears  from  his  Anfwer 
to  a  Friend,  who  was  lympathizin*  with  him  on 
tills  mournful  Occafion  ;  Vhe  Lord  gives,  art  A  he  takes 
away',  his  Will  be  done,  he  is 'worthy.  But,  what  if 
I  muft  be  called  from  my  Little-ones  alfo  1  For  at  this 
time  he  was  apprehenfive,  that  it  would  ere 
long  be  required  of  him,  once  more  to  vifit  Ameri 
ca  :  Which  muft  render  the  Trial  Hill  the  harder,' 
as  a  few,  or  perhaps  none,  ever  exceeded  him 
in  paternal  Care  and  Affection  for  his  Children. 
Yet  when  he  became  fully  latisfied  that  it  was  the 
Lord's  Requiring,  he  gave  up  freely,  faying  to  his 
Children,  as  fome  of  them  could  remember,  thai 
tho*  he  had  all  the  anxious  Concern  oj  a  Father  for  thetn+ 
yet  he  muf  obey  the  holy  Call  of  the  Lordt  who  he  believed 
would  care  for  them  in  his  Abfence. 

Tho*  an  Account  of  our  MOTHER'S  religious 
and  exemplary  Life,  hath  already  been  publifhedin 
the  Dying  Sayings  ot  Friends*,  yet  we  think  it  may 
not  be  without  its  Ufe  to  iriferc  it  in  this  Place,  viz^ 

*  Piety promttsd,  Part  VI.  Page  90.         MAR- 


C    69    v 

liyf  ARGARETFOTHERGILL,fote 

IVjL  "Wife  °f  5^w  Fotttergill  in  Wenjkydaty 

Tortybzrey  was  carefully  educated  (when  a  Child)  by 
her   Parents,  among  the  People   called  Quakers', 
and  while  fhe  was  but  very  young,  did  not  only 
cieligbt  to  go  to  Friends  Meetings,  but  came  under 
a  Concern  of  Heart  that  fhe  might  become  acquaint 
ed  with  the  Lord  for  herfelf,  and  be   made  a  Par 
taker  of  his  quickening  Power  and  Virtue   in  her 
own  Soul :  which  Concern  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to 
reffcrd,  and  gracioufly  carne  in  upon  her  Heart  by 
his  Power  and  Love,  and  thereby   helped  her  to 
draw  near  him,    and    worfhip    him  knowingly, 
while  (lie  was  but  very  young.     And  as  fhe  grew 
up,  flie  continued  to  delight  in  waiting  upon  God, 
and  feeling  after  his  Goodnefs  fecretly,  thro'   the 
pure  Influence  whereof,  ihe  came  to  be  cl  oat  lied 
\yitha   meek  and  quiet  Spirit,  and  alfo   helped  to 
fhew  it   forth  in  a  grave,  mode  ft  and  exemplar/ 
Behaviour  ;  becauie  whereof,  ihe..  was  much  be 
loved  by  moil  that  knew  her  :  And  fome   time  be-  , 
fore  flic  w as  married  (being   likely   to  leave  her 
own    Country)  ihe  came  under  fome  E.xercife  to 
exhort  Friends,  in  leveral  of  their  Meetings,  to  a 
dole  walking   with,  and  a  true   Depending  upon 
God  ;    and  to   beware  of  an  unconcerned   Mind 
•when  they  appeared  before  him  in  Meetings;  whicfi 
Eixercife  ihe  made  mention  of  (being  freih   in  her 
Mind)  on  her  Dying-bed. 

.  "  After  flie  was  married,  fhe  continued  a  true 
Lover  of  Meetings,  and  an  humble  Waiter  for  the 
Irtefurreclion  of  the  Life  of  Truth,  right  well 
knowing,  therein  is  all  Ability  for  the  Performance 
ofWorfhip  acceptable  to  the  Lord.  And  as  fhe 
v/as  often  attended  with  Fear  and  Care,  left  any 
[oThing  ihould  divert  her  ..Miad  from  the  fervent 
Search  after  the  Truth  itfelf,  which  is  absolutely 
hiceflkfy  ;  fo  would  ihe  often  exprcfs  her  Sorrow-, 
K  tff 


C    7o    ) 

of  Heart  concerning  a  Dulnefs  and  Indifferency 
fhe  apprehended  to  be  growing  upon  ibme  Peo 
ples  Minds,  who  had  profeffed  the  Truth  long. 

"  And  not  with  (landing  her  being  often  unfit  for 
attending  Meetings,  as  fhe  had  a  good  W'll  to  do, 
efp.cialiy  Monthly  and  Quarterly  Meetings,  by 
rcafon  of  having  feveral  young  Children,  and 
fometirnes  being  very  tender  and  weak'y  as  to  her 
Constitution  of  Body  ;  yet  would  fhe  often  exprefs 
her  Care,  that  tr.e  Affairs  of  Truth  in  thofe  Meet 
ings  might  be  managed  with  fuLable  Zeal  and  Gire 
for  th  Glory  of  God  ;  fometimes  faying,  She  could 
le  plad,  and  was  not  without  Hopes  of  living  to  be  a 
little  more  at  Liberty  to  attend  thoft  Services,  -and  to  dtf~ 
chary  e  berfelf  move  fully  amon?  Friends  for  R.ighteoufnefs- 
Sa'>e.  Whereof  fhe  was  .1  Pattern  in  her  Conver- 
fa  ion,  being  humbly  careful,  that  the  Lord's  holy 
3Same  might  be  glorified.  And  when  fhe  was'  de 
livered  of  her  laft  Child,  and  got  to  Bed,  Hie  ex- 
prek'd  much  Thankfulnefs  to  the  Lord,  faying  in 
a  reverent  Mind,  Hoiv  Jhall  we  be  thankful  encupb 
for  all  his  {lety,  and  wonderful  Gocdnefs  !  And  altho* 
fhe  was  as  hopefully  got  fo  far  as  at  any  other 
Time  (that  being  her  Eighth  Child)  yet  did  fhe 

frow  fufpicious  of  herfelf,  and  the  third  Day  after 
id  difccver  her  Apprehenfions  of  being  taken  a- 
•way  in  thefe  Words  :   /  wonder  that  I  cannot  be  trou 
bled  that  1  am  like  to  leave  my  Little  ones,  and  my  dear 
Husband;  which   Expreiljons  nearly  affecting  hei* 
Husband;  fhe  added,  They  (meaning  her  Children) 
will  be  fared  for;  and  Vhoti  (meaning  her  Husband) 
will  be  helped ;     and  there  is  a  Place  prepared  forme. 
And  after  continued  in  a  Heady  Expectation  of  be 
ing    taken   away,    and  fpoke  of  Things   relating 
thereto,  with  fuch   Chearfulnefs  and    Refignatioix 
as  was  much  admired  :  And  fpake  to  divers  Perfons- 
in  particular,    a.iviii  :^,  tfo  prize   their   ^ime^    and 
make  fight  C7j's  oj'ths  tyitxtion  of  God  tJ  them.     And 

ihc 


#ie  alfo  eypreffed  herfclf  in  a  living  Concern,  tha  * 
young  People  (among  friends]  might  not  conten 
themfelvcs  with  bare  goirg  tr  Meetings:  And  faid 
in  a  weighty  Manrer,  It  will  not  do,  it  will  vet  do; 
and  fo  fpake  c-f  her  own  Concern  and  Dtfire  ro 
meet  with  the  Lord  in  her  >oungY^ars,  v  hen  Ihe 
•went  to  Meetir  gs ;  and  that  (he  cculd  not  be  con 
tent  without  hL<  Prefence  or  his  Love  ;  and  hum 
bly  acknowledged  his  Mercv  and  Gocdnefs  to  her, 
from  her  youth  upward  :  Ard  alfo  fdid,  that  She 
Toad  often  thought  ~he.vff.lf  peer  ard  bare^  but  foe  fcllowed. 
*n  after  him,  and  cculd  not  let  hm  alone  ;  and  humbly 
acknowledged,  He  had  often  appeared  to  her  as  a 
%'crr.ir.g  without  Clouds  ;  and  her  Heart  then  being 
filled  with  the  Love  of  God,  with  unfpeak;  ble  joyr 
in  the  holy  Spirit,  (he  fai'g  Praifes  and  Hallelujahs 
to  the  Lord  God  and  the  Lamb  her  Saviour,  for 
his  lovinj?  Kindncfles  and  Goodnefs  to  her  in  many 
Refpec~ts  till  that  very  Tirre. 

"  Another  Time  one  coming  in  to  fee  her,  of 
whom  (he  quickly  took  Notice,  called  her  by 
Kame,  and  charged  her  to  be  careful  aboM  gotn?  to 
Meetings  awor.ff  the  IcrcTs  People  ;  ar  d  it  at  fie  did  net 
go  into  a  carelcfs  and  unconcerned  A  ind,  but  jit  down 
at  his  Icotfooly  and  wait  to  hear  his  gracicus  Words  : 
And  charged  her  to  tell  her  Daughter  thereof; 
and  fo  fpake  farther  of  the  Sorrows  which  had 
feixed  upon  her  Spirit,  becaufe  of  an  unconcerned 
Mind,  ard  Incifferency,  v  ith  refpe^b  to  waiting 
for  the  Knowledge  of  the  Truth  itfelf,  that  (he  had 
feen  coming  in  among  Friends,  which  that  Day  (or 
then  abours)  (he  faid,  She  well  remember 'djle  had  to 
4idvife  Friends  aFainft ,  the  loft  ci'tmefije  had  ^r.y  tfhinir 
to  fay  in  Meetings  before  fie  k't  her  own  Ccttntry.  And 
with  great  Weight  faj  ther  f^id.  It  is  great,  or  abjclute 
Mockery ,  to  era  jit  down  bHore  the  ford  in  A'eeiin?s  in 
a,  care.Jefs  Jl  ird :  Ard  after  feme  lirtle  Stilnefs  in 
the  Strength  of  the  Word  of  Life,  fLe  faid,  filc-ev% 
K  ^  *wa$ 


%y£s  ft  t  err  ilie  Day  of  Judgment  coming,  or  hajlenin* 
ftpon  the  Backjliders  in  Sion.  And  after  that  fli2 
feemed  to  be  eafier  in  her  Spirit,  and  lying  fome 
'Time  more  ftiil,  her  Husband  foftly  asked  her, 
How  ihe  was?  Shereply'd,  Wdl,  or  pretty  well, 
my  Love  ;  I  find  Nothing  but  Ettft'Axd  Peace.  And 
tlio*  her  Weaknefs  had  then  prevailed  much  upon 
lier,  and  ihe  lay  pretty  ftiil  for  fome  Time,  ydt 
her  Strength  was  renewed  in  the  Power  of  Truth, 
wherein  ilie  brake  forth  in  Supplication,  in  a  very 
humble  and  fervent  Manner,  for  the  Church  in 
general ;  and  alfo  mentioned  her  Little-ones'.  And 
"farther  faid,  Let  me  be  bowed  down  before  the  Lord* 
that  the  Fruit  of  my  '  Body  may  be  enriched  with  the 
fame  Favour,  Love  and  Goodnefs  ;  and  ib  went  on  in" 
praifing  and  glorifying  God,  in  the  Aboundings  6if. 
his  Love,  and  merciful  Goodnefs,  to  the  tendring 
the  Hearts  of  moft  'about  her.  And  after  fome 
Time,  ilie  being  intreatexi  to  endeavour  after  Re  it, 
or  Sleep,  ihe  anfwered,  /  had  a  fm  or  eafy  Day, 
yeflerday,  but  this  will  be  a  hard  Day;  for  I  think  'I 
Jball  reft  little  moret  til!  I  reft  for  altogether;  that  being 
about  or  before  th6  Middle  of  the  Day  ;  and  io 
dhe  continued  in  humble  Acknowledgments  to  the 
Lord  for  his  Goodnefs  and  Mercy,  and  in  Praifes 
to  him,  who  ilie  often  faid,  was  worthy,  worthy  of. 
it jcr  evermore >  fo  long  as  her  Words  were  inteilr- 
gible. 

"  And  tho'  ihe  had  a  hard  Struggle  with  Death, 
yet  the  Sting  of  it  being  taken  a w ay,  ihe  teemed 
not  to  regard  it,  or  complain,  her  Spirit  being 
borne  over  it  by  the  Senfe  of  Joy  and  laftinn;  Pjea- 
fure  flie  was  near  to  launch  into  the  full  Fruition 
of ;  and  that  Evening  ilie  departed,  being  the  Fifth 
Day  of  her  lying  in  Child-bed,  and  the  i6ch  Day 
of  the  Second  Month,  1719,  in  the  Forty  -fecond 
Year  of  her  Age,  and  was  buried  the  i8rh  Day 
in  Friends  Burying  Place,  accompanied  with  a 

great; 


C     73     ) 

great  Concourfe  of  People,  among  whom  the  Tef- 
timony  of  Truth  was  borne,  in  the  Power  and 
jGoodnefs  of  the  Lord  Almighty,  to  the  Comfort 
and  Strengthning  of  many.*9 

Not  long  after  this,  it  came  before  him  to  pay 
another  Viiit  to  America  :  For  which  Journey,  he 
began  to  make  the  necelTary  Preparations,  committing 
his  Children  to  the  Care  of  Relations  and  proper 
Perfons,  But  a  dangerous  Accident  which  befel 
him  about  this  Time,  feemed  likely  to  have  re 
tarded  his  Journey  :  By  a  fall  in  the  Dark,  upon 
an  Inftrument  made  ufe  of  for  cutting  Hay,,  he  re 
ceived  a  deep  and  large  Wound  in  the  flefhy  Part 
of  his  Thigh  ;  as  he  lived  in  a  Part  of  the  Country 
•where  no  proper  Afliftance  could  fpeedily  be  had, 
he  directed  his  Servant  to  few  up  the  Wound, 
whilft  he  held  the  Lips  of  it  together  himfelf.  O£ 
this  Accident  he  recovered  fo  fall,  as  to  get  abroad 
in  lefs  than  two  Weeks,  to  the  Admiration  and 
Surprize  of  Many  of  his  Neighbours,  who  being 
little  acquainted  with  any  other  Calls  than  thofe  of 
temporal  Intereft;  or  any  Duties  where  this  is  not 
the  Object,  ignorantly  interpreted  it  as  a  Judg 
ment:  infHcted  upon  him  by  Divine  Providence,  for 
leaving  his  Family  and  outward  Concerns 
: '  Being  hindered  by  this  Accident  from  attending 
the  Quarterly  Meeting  at  York,  as  lie  had  defiance), 
he  acquainted  his  much  efieemed  Friend  Benjamin 
Hornor  with  the  Occafion  of  his  Abfence,  in  the  fol 
lowing  Letter  addreiTed  partly  to  him,  and  parti/ 
to  the" Quarterly  Meetfflg  at 


B.  KORNER  ; 

IT  has  happened  that  I  have  been  (laid about 
Home,  fome  what  longer  than  I   expected 
when  I  was  laft  with  thee,  partly  in  that  my  owa 
Affairs  have  not  feemed  to  rid  out  of  my  Way,  fo 

much 


C    74    "> 

aiuch  to  my  Satisfaction,  as  I  have  dc fired  to  leave 
Things;  and  alfo  having  been  enlarged  beyond 
•what  I  then  faw,  to  vifit  divers  Places  in  my  own 
Country,  in  the  Movings  of  the  blefled  Truth, 
which  has  been  graciouOy  fandified  ar;d  made  truly 
profitable  ;  all" which  gives  me  Satisfaction.  I 
have  hitherto  been  ordered  in  the  Will  of  the  al- 
ivife  Difpo'er,  wfrich  to  me  is  enough,  being  all  I 
defo  e  on  wy  Part ;  and  it  was  pleai'ant  to  me,  to  iee 
a  Likelihood  to  have  the  Comfort  ot  being  with  my 
near  Friends  in  the  Quarterly  Meeting  at  Tork  a- 
gain,  before  I  leave  my  native  Land  ;  but  now  I 
am  like  to  be  prevented,  by  reafon  of  an  Accident, 
whereby  I  am  like  to  be  unfitted  for  travel,  a 
Week  or  two  at  leaft:  Yet  my  Friends  may  know,' 
that  tho*  I  have  been  befet  with  fome  Straits  and1 
frefh  Difficulties  in  this  pinching  Time,  altogether 
unlocked  for  ;  having  been  plunged  in  Expectation 
of  having  to  wade  through  a  narrow  Paffage  to  the'' 
Service  before  me;  yet  I  am  not  dejedted,  or  un- 
fenled  in  my  Spirit,  under  the  Sifnngs  which  are 
JurFfiedto  attend  me;  becaufe  my  Mind  is  prefer- 
ved  intirely  quiet  under  renewed  Swcetnefs,  belie 
ving  the  Lord  Almighty  is  near,  and  will  go  before 
in  his  due  Time. 

"  And,  dear  Friends,  Altho*  I  defire  not  to  mag- 
r.ify  myfeif  arcccg  my  Brethren,  yet  is  my  Heart 
engaged  in  travel  to  be  more  and  more  known  a-' 
xnoiig  the  Lord's  Family  of  all   Ages,  in  the  hid 
den  Root  of  immortal  Goodnefs ;  which  is  the  only  *• 
true  Engager  of  Hearts  for  the  Lord's  Caufe  and 
Teftimony,  and  which  rightly  fits,  and  maintains 
ftrung  for  the  Work  of  our  Day:    And  as  my 
Heart  is  made  often  to  (loop  in  awful  Reverence 
before  him,  for  Help  to  live  lo  as  Accefs  to  the 
pure  Spring  of  Sufficiency    may  be   renewed  ;    fo 
my  Bowels,  in  true  Brotherhood,  move  within  me 
for  my  Brethren's  Sake,  that  a  fukable  VVatchful- 

nefs, 


C    75     ) 

Fervency  of  Spirit,  in  feeling  after  ina- 
hiortal  Goodrcfs,  m&y  gro-v  and  be  maintained, 
through  all  Dv-^rees  in  the  Lord's  Family  ;  and  if 
we  flack  not  in  attending  upon  the  pure  Sprin  r, 
I  am  well  allured,  the  Lord  our  gracious  and 
mighty  Helper  will  be  near  to  fupply  with  Lite  and 
Favour,  Wifdom  and  Ability,  to  ferve  him  ac 
ceptably  ;  and  to  Ihew  forth  his  Mercy  and  Salva 
tion,  to  the  Enlargement  of  the  Borders  of  his 
Sanctuary,  fo  that  hisNime  may  bemore  and  more 
known  and  renowned  in  the  Earth  ;  fobs  it>  faith 
my  Soul. 

"  Tho'  I  am  like  to  be  difappointed  of  the  Op 
portunity  rf  being  prtfent  with  y  ou  at  this  Time, 
yet  I  am  thankfully  glad,  and  flrengthned  in  my 
Hope,  boih  on  your  and  my  own  Account,  if  I 
Hi  Mild  not  meet  with  you  here  any  more  ;  in  that 
I  find  m/  Soul  enlarged,  and  flowing  in  a  Current 
towards  you,  in  that  pure  Love  wherein  new  jfe- 
intfikm's  Children  have  their  true  Coniblation  ; 
and  wherein,  my  dear  Friends,  I  tenderly  falutc 
you,  hoping  to  be  bettered  for  your  tender  Re 
membrance,  when  we  may  be  far  feparaied  ;  and 
thus  I  iliall  conclude,  remaining  your  loving  and 
near  Brother  in  pure  Fellowship. 

Carrend,  the  i  ith  of    JOHN  FOTHERGILL.'* 

tie  Ftrjl  Alon-    1720. 

At  the  Time  propofed  he  fet  out  for  London^  in 
order  to  take  Shipping  for •.-America. ;  of  which 
Voyage,  and  of  his  Labours  in  the  JVork  of  ihs 
Miniftry  in  that  Country,  he  kept  the  foliowing 
journal,  which  tho'  laort  was  judged  worthy  to 
be  preferved,  viz,. 

IN  the  Year  1721,  an  Exercife  oFSpiiit,  in  the 
moving  of  the  Word  of  Life,  came  upon  me  to 
Tifit  Friends  in  dwwica  again  ;  and  tho'  the  Mat 
ter 


C    76    ) 

rer  feem.ed  fo  me  what  ftrait  at  the  firft,  becaufe  my 
Wife  being  taken  from  me,  I  was  left  with  a  pret 
ty  many  young  Children;  ,yet  the  moving  of  tha 
Word  in  my  Heart  was  fo  powerful,  and  fweet, 
that  I  was  foon  made  perfectly  willing  to  give  up 
all  and  to  follow  the  Lord  freely  :  I  laid  the 
Concern  before  the  Brethren  at  our  Monthly 
Meeting, and  then  at  the  Quarterly  Meeting,  where 
Friends  readily  Signified  tiieir  Unity  with  me  in 
the  Exercife.  I  then  fettled  my  Affairs  and  placed 
my  Children  under  proper  Care,  and  in  tiie  latter- 
end  of  the  firft  Month,  1721,  took  leave  of  Friends 
in  our  own  Country,  in  the  Love  of  God,  and  fee 
out  for  London^  having  /  aivrence  King  as  a  Compa 
nion  in  the  Service  :  We  hadfome  Meetings  among 
Friends  in  the  Way,  in  which  the  Lord  owned  us, 
and  ftrengthned  us  by  his  holy  and  living  Prefence  ; 
greatly  confirming  us  that  we  were  on  the  Way  in 
his  Ccunfel  and  Requiring.  We  came  up  to  Lon- 
cLn  in  the  Second  Month,  and  ihiid  there  about 
three  We-ks,  vilidng  the  Meetings,  the  Lord 
opening  a  Doer  for  our  Service  among  Friends  in 
the  City,  and  mercifully  attended  with  his  blefled 
Prefence,  much  to  ours  and  Friends  Comfort,  and 
the  Name  of  the  Lord  v/as  glorified. 

Then  finding  our  Minds  fee  at  Liberty  to  go  for 
ward,  and  a  Veffel  bound  to  Virginia  being  ready 
to  fail,  we  took  leave  of  Friends  in  the  Love  of 
Chrift,  and  left  Londml\\^  6th  of  the  Third  Month. 
We  were  favoured  with  a  fafe  Pailage,  and  arrived 
inTcrk-Pjver  the  6th  of  the  Fifth.  Month,  1721. 
Tke  Lord's  Countenance  was  often  gracioufly 
manifdled,  to  my  great  Humiliation  and  Comfort, 
often  filling  my  Soul  with  Praifes  to  him. 

We  got  up  to  Shlmina^  and  the  9th  of  the  Montri^ 
being  Fir  ft- day   of  the  Week,  we  had  a  Meeting 
there,  where   there  are  but  a   few  Friends,  tho* 
feveral  fober  People  came  in,  and  were  very  atten 
tive: 


C    77    ) 

tive  to  hear  the  Teftimony  of  Truth  ;  and  it  was 
made  a  good  Seafon  to  us,  thro*  the  Pre  fence  of 
Truth.  On  the  nth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Wav~ 
wick,  where  a  pretty  many  fober  People  came  in 
with  Friends,  and  we  were  favoured  with  the  free 
Extendings  of  the  Love  and  Goodnefs  of  God  to> 
onr  Comfort,  and  the  Satisfaction  and  Encourage 
ment  of  the  Meeting  in  general.  On  the  1 3th  we 
Went  to  a  Monthly -meeting  at  Chuchatuck,  where 
was  a  fine  Appearance  of  Friends,  and  the  Lord's 
good  Prefence,  in  the  Opening  of  his  Word 
and  Cpunfel  was  with  us  ;  and  his  holy  Name  was 
magnified.  The  i6th  we  were  at  Friends  Meeting 
at  Perquimons  in  Carolina.  The  i8th  we  had  a 
Meeting  at  jfofeph  Barrow's, .  to  which  many  iober 
People  came,  and  the  Lord's  Power  and  Goodnefs 
was  gracioufly  p  re  lent  with  and  among  ft  us,  to  our 
great  Comfort,  the  People's  Satisfaction,  and  the 
might/  Name  of  the  Lord  was  glorified.  We 
came  back  from  thence  to  a  Meeting  at  Little-River^ 
where  we  were  favoured  with  facredHelp,  and  the 
Teftimony  of  Truth  prevailed  amongft  the  Peo 
ple. 

On  the  2oth  we  were  at  the  Monthly  Meeting  of 
Friends  in  Pafpitank,  whither  came  many  Friends  i 
and  we  had  an  edifying  Seafon  together,  thro'  the 
Abounding  of  Gofpel  Life  and  Wifdom,  bleifed  be 
the  holy  and  great  Name.  We  had  a  Meeting  a- 
mongft  fome  tender  Friends  the  2zd,  at  Jofefh  Han 
ky's,  and  went  from  thence  to  the  other  Side  Paf- 
fitank,  to  a  Meeting  we  had  appointed,  and  where 
fome  Hundreds  of  People  were  gathered  ;  the  Meet- 
ting  was  helcl  under  the  Shade  of  a  large  Tree, 
it  being  extreamly  hot.  My  Heart  was  much  en 
larged  in  the  Power  and  Teftimony  of  the  Gofpel 
of  Salvation  towards  the  People,  to  the  Glory  of 
'JieLordof  Mercies.  We  came  over  the  River 
to  vtiiry  Glaifter's,  and  on  the  ZAth  vifited  fome 
fc  Frends 


C    78    ) 

Friends  Families  there-away .  The  2^th  we  carte 
to  Little-river  Meeting  again,  which  was  very  lar^e 
of  Friends  and  ochers ;  and  tlie  Teftimony  of 
Truth  opened  freely  and  plentifully  towards  the 
Meeting,  and  prevailed  fweetly  over  man)-  Beans; 
andl  fo  fur  forgot  my  bodily  Strength,  as  to  be  very 
niuchfpent,  the  Weather  being  very  hot ;  but  the 
^Life  and  Goodnefs  of  the  Lord  God  was  magnified^ 
and  the  Might  of  his  holy  Arm  fupported  me  be 
yond  reafonable  Expectation. 

The  26th  we  came  to  the  lower  Meeting  houfe 
upon  Perquimons-Rivtr  again  :  The  Meeting  was 
very  large,  and  very  loiid  and  edifying.  The- 
ayth  we  came  over  the  River  again  to  a  Meeting 
not  far  from  Gabriel  Nezvhy's ;  but  fo  great  a  Num 
ber  of  Friends  and  others  were  gathered,  th  it  the 
SHoufe  could  not  contain  them;  the  Meeting  was 
therefore  held  under  a  large  Mulberry-tree,  and 
<we  were  greatly  favoured  with  tiie  glorious  Pre- 
fcnce  and  Power  of  the  Lord  God,  to  our  great 
Help  and  Comfort  ;  the  Tettimony  of  the  Golpel 
prevailed  in  an  eftabiilhirg,  ftreugthning  Manner 
over  many  Souls ;  and  the  Name  of  the  Lord  was 
magnified. 

On  the  28th,  being  accompanied  by  many  Friends, 
we  went  among  fome  new  Plantddons,  where  we 
had  appointed  a  Meeting,  which  confidering 
the  Place,  was  very  large  (it  being  towards  Vir- 
ginia')  and  the  Lord  waj.  pieafcd  to  blefs  the  Time 
unto  us,  by  opening  his  Life  and  Teftimony  to  the 
Edification  of  Friends,  and  [h?  Suiisfaction  of  the 
People,  who  were  very  attentive.  We  took  leave 
of  moil  of  the  Friends  ofGa/rolina.  iiere,  in  a  Senfe  of 
£ove  and  tendering  Power  of  Truth,  and  in  muck 
3Searnefs  to  one  another .  Fr^m  thence  we  came  to 
Nathan  Newby's  in  Virginia,  where  we  had  a  large 
UK  ^oth,  moftiy  of  other  People,  who 


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were,  as  in  many  other  Places,  there-away,  atteft* 
tive  to  theTeftimony  of  Truth,  which  in  the  Open^ 
ings  of  the  Power  of  Chrift,  went  freely  forth 
smo.:g  them  that  Day,  to  the  Glory  of  God. 
We  went  the  3ift  to  Robert  Jordan\andonthe  iftof 
the  Sixth  Month  we  had  a  large  and  folid  Meeting 
near  baxfmond  River,  and  on  the  zd  at  the  Weft- 
em- Branch  Mee;ing- houfe,  which  was  large,  and 
mercifully  favoured  with  divine  Attendance,  to  the 
Help  of  fome  render  Friends  there  ;  tho'  there 
•were  many  other  People,  with  whom  Truth  itfelf 
had  but  very  little  Place. 

The  4th,  went  to  a  Meeting  at  Rafperneck,  which 
•which  is  a  fmall  Meeting,  but  the  Name  of  the 
I_>ord  was  with  us  to  declare  his  Excellency,  and 
Safety  for  Refuge.  The  6th,  being  Firft-day,  we 
were  at  Friends  Meeting  in  Levy-Keck,  which  wag 
large,  as  many  Friends  and  others  came  to  it  many 
Miles:  It  was  a  fearching,  exercifing  Time,  buC 
through  the  Lord's  Goodnefs,  it  proved  a  good  and 
ferviceable  Meeting.  On  the  8th  we  went  towards 
the  Head  of  Elizabeth- River,  where  there  were  a 
few  Friends,  and  had  a  Meeting  at  Sarah  H/!kti&~~ 
hcufe's,  to  which  came  fome  pretty  innocent  People^ 
•with  whom  I  had  a  good  open  Time.  From  thence 
•we  went  to  a  Place  called  the  Great- Bridge,  and  had 
a  Meeting  at  a  friendly  Man's  houfe,  to  which 
likewife  came  many  fober  People,  and  fome  of  the 
more  Confide rable  there- abouts,  and  we  had  3 
fatisfadtory  Seafon  amongft  them :  and  there  being 
one  Hemy  Woodward  at  the  Meeting,  he  invited  us 
to  go  with  him  to  lodge,  which  I  was  very  eafy  to> 
accept  of,  and  three  other  Friends  who  were 
with  me  accompanied  us,  Both  he,  his  Wife 
and  Children,  were  exceeding  friendly  and  Loving  ; 
and  both  the  Former  went  with  us  to  another  Per- 
fon's  Houfe,  where  we  had  a  Meeting  amongft  fe- 
yeral  fober  and  tender  People  i  and  it  was  made  a 
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profitable  Time  to  many  of  them,  through  the 
Lord's  Goodnefs.  We  then  went  to  vifit  one 
Robert  Stewart  (a  loving  friendly  Man)  and  his 
Family,  and  had  a  good  Opportunity  with  them, 
and  lodged  there  that  Night,  as  he  would  not 
,willingly  part  with  us. 

The  i  ith,  being  clear  of  that  Part  of  the  Coun 
try,  we  came  back  to  'John  ftolliwelFs  near  Nanjl- 
mend  River,  and  had  a  Meeting  that  Evening  with 
a  few  Friends  who  lived  near  him,  much  to  my 
Satisfa&ion.  The  1 3th  we  were  at  Friends  Meet 
ing  near  Nanfmondy  to  which  came  many  Friends 
from  feveral  other  Meetings ;  and  though  I  was 
but  weak  in  Body,  and  much  indifpofed,  yet  the 
Lord's  Goodnefs  and  Life  ftrengthned  me,  and 
we  had  a  folid,  fettling  Meeting,  to  the  Lord's 
Glory  >and  the  Comfort  of  many.  The  1 4th  we  vifit- 
ed  a  Widow  Woman,  whofe  Name  was  Baker  y  and 
her  Children  ;  where  our  gracious  God  was  mind 
ful  of  Us,  and  by  the  Springing-up  of  his  Love  a- 
mong  us,  made  glad  our  Souls  together. 

The  i5th  we  had  a  Meeting  in  a  Barn  at  James 
Copeland's,  whither  came  a  confiderable  Number, 
both  of  Friends  and  others,  from  among  the  Woods; 
and  the  Power  and  Dread  ^of  the  Lord  of  Hoftss 
mercifully  owned  us,  and  prevailed  over  many  ; 
the  Teftimony  of  Truth  being  over  all.  The 
3  6th  we  pafTed  over  a  River  called  Black  Ifater,  to  a 
Place  newly  fettled,  and  had  a  pretty  large  Meeting 
among  fome  Friends  and  People  there-abouts.  The 
3yth  we  rode  thro'  the  Wildernefs  to  another  new 
Settlement,  where  on  the  i8th  v/e  had  a  Meeting 
with  fbme  People  who  lived  difperfed  among  the 
Woods,  and  tho*  many  of  them  feem'd  to  know 
very  little  about  Religion,  yet  the  Lord  was  good 
to  us  in  owning  us  with  his  Prefence,  and  enabled 
us  to  preach  the  Gofpel  of  Chrift  in  the  Power  of 
itj  among  them,  wherewith  divers  of  them  feemed 

much 


C   si   ) 

itiuchaffefted.  The  2oth  being  the  Firfl  ofth? 
Week,  we  were  at  Friends  Meeting,  in  their 
Meeting  Houfe  in  Sttny  County,  which  was  pretty 
large;  but  too  many  of  the  Profeflbrs  of  Truth 
there,  as  in  fome  other  Places,  for  want  of  living 
to  the  Truth,  flood  in  the  Way  of  the  Gofpei 
Life,  and  hindered  its  Prevalency  among  the  Peo 
ple  ;  yet  the  Lord  helped  to  declare  the  Truth, 
in  the  Power  thereof,  and  filled  my  Heart  with 
Praifes  to  him. 

The  23d  we  had  a  Meeting  at  the  Widow  But 
ler's  Houle,  to  which  came  feveral  foberly  behav'd 
People;  and  through  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  and 
Help,  we  had  a  good  Opportunity  among  them. 
We  came  back  from  thence  to  Rebert  Hovkui's,  and 
had  a  Meeting  near  his  Koufc,  among  the  few- 
Friends  who  live  there-abouts,  and  a  pretty  many 
other  People,  wherein  the  Lord's  Power,  and  the 
Teftimony  of  Truth,  made  fome  Impre/fion  on 
them,  to  the  Glory  of  the  Lord  of  all  our  Mercies. 
From  hence  we  went  with  a  Friend  called  Jawes 
jBenfovd,  in  whofe  Family  we  had  a  good  little 
Meeting  that  Evening.  The  next  Day  we  crofFed 
James  River  to  William  Lead's,  where  a  fmall 
Meeting  is  ufualiy  kept ;  and  we  had  one  that  Day, 
in  which  the  Lord  mercifully  owned  us  with  his 
living  Power,  and  furnifhed  with  Ability  to  preach 
the  glorious  Gofpel  of  Chrift.in  a  good  Degree  of 
Dominion,  to  the  Praife  of  our  gracious  God. 
The  27th  we  had  a  pretty  large  Meeting  at  Curies, 
and  lodged  at  tfhomas  Pletffavt's  ;  and  on  the  28th, 
with  fome  other  Friends,  we  rode  up  the  Woods 
to  a  Place  called  Dover,  where  few  Friends  live; 
•we  lodged  two  Isights  with  one  Jofeph  Parfeti,  who 
•with  his  Wife  entertained  us  chearfully,  tho'  not 
profefling  with  us.  On  the  29th  they  went  with 
us  about  four  Miles,  where  a  pretty  large  Meet 
ing  gathered  ;  in  which  the  Power  and  Teftimony 

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<of  the  bleffed  Truth  reached  freely  to  the  People^ 
to  their  general  Satisfaction,  and  the  Comfort  of 
in;'.ny.  The  joth  we  had  another  Meeting,  feve;i 
Miles  higher  up  in  the  Woods.  The  3 1 II  we  crof- 
icd  over  jfixmes-R.i-vcr.t  and  had  a  Meeting  amongft 
foroe  People  who  requeued  it  ;  to  which  mmy 
came  out  of  the  Woods,  and  the  Lord  favoured  us 
with  his  Pretence  and  Help,  fo  that  Truth  prevail 
ed.  That  Evening  we  came  down  to  a  French  Set 
tlement  called  Manikin  Town,  and  on  the  ill  of 
the  Seventh  J\  lonth  we  had  a  Meeting  there  ;  to 
v/hich  divers  of  the  French  People,  with  others, 
caTie  :  and  the  Lord  was  gracioufly  mindful  of  us,' 
hisGofpel Teftiraony  freely  reachingforthin  his  free' 
Love  towards  the  People,  and  Truth  was  magnifi 
ed  among  ft  them.  We  lodged  with  one  Daniel 
Grcota,  a  Alan  upon  whom  the  Truth  had  made  an 
Imprdlion  in  a  Vifitation  of  Mercy,  and  we  left 
him  tender  and  loving.  After  the  Meeting  we 
took  leave  of  that  Part  of  the  Country,  in  much, 
Ea<e  of  Spirit,  and  came  to  Thomas  Pleafanfs  that; 
N&ht. 

On  the  zd  v:c  \vent  to  the  Monthly  Meeting  at 
Eiawrd-JMbsfy\  where  many  religious  People,  be- 
fides  Friends,  were  gathered  ;  and  the  Pov/er  and 
GoOvineis  of  the  Lord  appeared  among  us,  to  the. 
Satisfaction,  Comfort,  and  Eftablifhment  of  many  ; 
as  alfo  in  faithful  Warning  to  Backdiders  and  luke 
warm  Profefibrs  of  the  Truth:  Friends  went 
through  the  Bafinefs  of  their  IMonthly  Meeting  in 
a  peaceable  tender  Manner.  We  lodged  that  IShght 
\yith  Job'/?  Join/on  at  the  Swamp,  and  on  the  3d,  be 
ing  Fir  ft  Xiiy,  had  a  large  Meeting  of  Friends  and 
many  others,  where  divine  Mercy  and  Goodnefs. 
owned  u.s,  and  helped  to  declare  the  Way  of  Life 
and  Salvation,  in  the  Demonstration  of  the  holy 
Spirit ;  many  were  comforted,  and  the  Name  of 
tits  Lord  magnified  in  the  Midft  of  his  People. 

The 


t     «3     !) 

The  4th  we  went  to  Black  Creek,  where  we  had 
fclfo  a  large  Meeting,  and  many  People  not  of  our 
Society  (tho*  generally  very  fober)  were  prefent. 
But  thro*  the  Backfliding,  or  Indifterency  offomcj 
who  had  been  convinced  of  Truth  in  that  Part, 
the  Way  of  the  Teftiraony  of  the  Gofpel  feemed 
very  ftrait ;  yet  the  blefled  Power  of  Chrift  did  by 
Degrees  prevail,  to  the  Praife  and  Honour  of 
Truth,  the  Encouragement  and  Comfort  of  many. 
We  lodged  at  Canard  EHyfon's,  and  on  the  5th,  we 
had  a  Meeting  over  the  Mcnky  River,  where  few 
or  no  Friends  had  ever  been,  or  had*  a  Meeting' 
before;  the  People  who  came  were  generally  fo 
ber,  and  attentive  to  hear  the  Truth  declared,  and 
we  had  a  fatisfa&ory  Time  among  them  :  Several 
were  very  loving.  We  came  back  to  G.  Elly(on\ 
and  had  another  Meeting  the  '6th  at  Black  Creek, 
more  fclect  to  Friends  or  friendly  People, 
•where  "the  Lord  appeared  mercifully  mind 
ful  of  them^  opening  both  Counfel  and  Warning 
to  the  Loofe,  Encouragement  to  the  Horieft,  and 
in  the  Riches  of  his  ancient  Love,  made  the  Time 
very  comfortable  to  us. 

The  yth  we  went  to  the  Meeting  at  William  Lead's 
again,  where  the  Lord  gracioufly  owned  us  witli 
his  Prefence,  and  opened  Counfel  for  the  Efta- 
blifhment  of  the  Well- minded.  We  lodged  at  yohtt 
Cret'SSj  and  went  again  to  a  Meeting  at  C^^vki9 
where  we  had  a  mercifully  open  Time  in  the  Love  of 
Truth,  to  exhort  Friends  to  Fauhfulneis  to  the 
Lord  ;  we  took  our  Leave  of  them  in  his  Love, 
and  lodged  aty.  Pleafant's,  where  the  next  Morn 
ing  we  had  a  truly  edifying  Opportunity,  in  the 
Openings  of  the  Power  of  Chrift,  with  fome 
Friends  who  came  to  take  Leave  of  us. 

The  9th  we  went  over  James  and  dpamattock  Hi- 

Vers,  lodged  at  the  Widow  Butler\  and  went  to 

jjcfyb  Patterjop'Sj   a  friendly  Man,  who  lived  on 

'  the 


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the  Bank  of  tins  laft  River,  up  in  the  Woods,  his 
Wife  being  a  Friend  ;  we  had  a  pretty  large  Meet 
ing  on  the  loth  among  a  tender  People,  being  ai- 
moit  at  the  Outfide  of  the  Inhabitants  that  Way  ; 
and  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  open  my  Heart  and 
Mouth  to  preach  the  Gofpel  of  Life,  in  much  O- 
permefi  of  Spirit,  to  his  Praife:  The  People  ap 
peared  fatisfied,  and  feemed  very  defirous  of  ano 
ther  Meeting,  which  I  gladly  fubmitted  to,  and 
appointed  it  to  be  at  Tiinrtby  flarrifon's  ;  it  was  held 
on  the  i  ith  accordingly,  among  a  larger  Number 
than  before,  of  fober  People,  and  the  Lord  of 
Mercies  was  tenderly  mindful  of  us,  and  gracious 
in  extending  of  his  Love  and  Goodnefs  to  the  Peo 
ple.  I  left  that  Part  of  the  Country  with  much 
Peace  and  Comfort  of  Spirit,  and  came  back  again 
to  the  Widow  Butler'*  thai  Night.  The  izth  we 
had  a  little  Opportunity  with  her,  her  Children 
and  Family,  wherein  Truth  opening  my  Heart  in 
Counfel  and  Encouragement  to  them,  to  our  Com 
fort,  blefTed  be  the  Lord  for  his  Help  and  Good 
nefs.  Taking  leave  of  them,  we  came  down  to 
'rfamts  Z?e»fdWs,  where  we  had  appointed  a  Meeting, 
v/hieh  was  held  there  accordingly  the  i3th  ;  a  con- 
/iderable  Number  of  Friends  and  others  came  thither* 
and  Truth  was  pleafed  to  own  us,  in  its  Power  and 
Wifdom,  to  the  Eftablifhing  of  many  in  the  Way 
of  Life. 

The  1 4th  we  took  our  Journey  towards 'the 
Yearly  Meeting,  and  came  to  Afatthew  Jordan's  at 
Pagan  Creek.  Theijthto  Chuckatuck,  where  the 
Yearly  Meeting  was  held,  which  continued  three 
Days:  Part  of  the  Firft  being  for  the  Bn  fine  ft  of 
the  Church;  wherein  divers  Things  were  inquired 
into,  and  offered  to  Friends  Confederation,  rela 
ting  to  the  Building-up  and  Preferving  Friendsfrom 
the  Corruption  of  the  World  ;  and  maintaining 
the  TdHmony  of  t  Truth  amongft  them  in  that 

Coun- 


C    85    ) 

Country  ;  which  was  done  and  received  In  a  Spi 
rit  of  Love.  The  public  Meetings  were  very 
large,  both  of  Friends  and  many  foberly-behaved. 
c :  And  thro  the  merciful  Help  of  the  Lord's 
Power,  the  glorious  Gofpel,  both  in  itsTefHmony 
and  holy  Life,  was  exaired  over  all ;  and  Friends 
had  to  part  under  the  Senfe  of  the  Love  and  Good- 
uefsofGod,  whofe  hoi/ Name  was  magnified,  as 
it  is  worthy  to  be  forever. 

The  i yth  being  Firft  Day,  ar.d  the  Conclusion 
of  the  Yearly  Meeting,  we  came  back  again  to 
Matthew  Jordan's.  The  1 8th  we  took  our  Jour 
ney  Northward,  and  came  to  James  iBates's  at  Ski- 
mina.  •  The  I9th  to  William  'Trotter's,  a  Friend 
•who  lives  remote  from  any  Meeting,  and  had  a 
^Meeting  in  his  Houfe  next  Day,  to  which  divers 
of  his  Neighbours  came,  and  we  had  a  good  open 
Time  in  the  Love  of  Truth.  We  went  that  E- 
vening  to  Thomas  Pricklow's.  The  21  ft  to  Wav 
wick,  where  we  had  a  Meeting  with  the  Friends 
who  live  there-abouts,  and  lodged  at  Miles  Carey's. 
The  2zd  we  went  to  Skhnina  again,  where  we  had 
appointed  a  Meeting  to  be  that  Day,  and  tho'  it  is 
a  low,  decay 'd  Place  refpecting  Religion,  yet  the 
Lord  was  good  to  us,  and  helped  us  to  declare  the 
unchangeable  Truth,  and  Way  of  Life  ;  and  to 
exalt  its  holy  Teftimony  over  all  Unrighteoufnefs. 
We  lodged  v-ith  James  Bates,  and  on  the  2jd  took 
our  Leave  of  him  and  his  Wife,  and  went  to  Black. 
Creek  to  Gerrard  Robert  Ellyfon's.  The  24th,  being 
the  Firft  of  the  Week,  we  had  a  large  Meeting, 
Friends  coming  thither  to  meet  us  from  many  Pla 
ces  there-abouts;  we  had  a  good  edifying  Seafon 
in  the  Love  of  God  ;  and  took  Leave  of  one  ano 
ther  in  much  Tendernefs  of  Spirit,  as  Children  of 
one  Father.  We  went  to  a  Place  call'd  the  Swanfy 
that  Nighr,  and  being  the  2$th  accompanied  with  a 
pretty  many  Friends,  we  went  up  the  Country  to  fee. 
M  fomc 


C     86     ) 

fome  Friendly  People,   newly  fettled  at  a  Place 
called  Cedar  Creek. 

The  26th  we  lodged  at  Wtomu  Stanlefs,,  and  had 
a  Meeting  there-,  wherein  divine  Goodnefs  favour* 
ed  us  with  a  fatisfa&ory  Opportunity.  A  few  there 
were,  who  made  fome  Profeffion  of  Truth,  and 
many  foberly  inclined  People,  towards  whom  the 
Love  and  Teftimony  of  Truth  extended  freely, 
which  was  greatly  comfortable  to  us. 

The  zyth  WQ  took  our  Journey  thro'  the  Coun-* 
•  try  towards  Potomach  River,  and  came  at  Night  to 
William  Duff's  in  Prince  George9 s  County.  The 
29rh  we  had  a  Meeting  among  a  few  Friends,  and 
iome  other  fober  People,  at  Peter  Skinner's  where 
•we  had  a  good  and  feafonable  Opportunity . 

The  3oth  we  went  to  a  Meeting  held  at  Mattockr% 
ai  juflice  tfafoington'sy  afriendly  Man,  where  the- 
Love  of  God  opened  my  Heart  toward.?  the  People 
much  to  my  Comfort  and  their  Satisfaction;  and 
the  holy  Name  of  the  Lord  was  glorified.  We 
came  back  to  William  Duff's  again  that  Night,  and 
the  i  ft  of  the  Eighth  Month,  the  Firit  of  the 
Week,  we  had  a  large  Meefingthere,  to  which  came 
many  other  People :  Many  of  them  were  very  at 
tentive  to  the  Teftimony  of  Truth,  and  the  Lord's 
Love  and  Power  were  greatly  magnified  and  exalt 
ed  over  all.  The  id  we  had  a  little  Meeting  with 
Friends  living  there- abouts  by  themfelves,  which 
our  heavenly  Father  owned  with  his  Prefence,  and 
made  it  a  good  Time  to  them  and  us  ;  and  his  great 
Name  was  praifed. 

The  4th  we  took  our  Journey  over  Potomack  and 
Patuxent  Rivers,  and  came  to  the  Widow  JHutchin's 
that  Night,  and  the  $th  we  were  at  the  Week-day- 
meeting  at  Cliff  Meeting-houfe ;  we  had  a  fweet  Seafon 
in  the  Love  of  God  :  And  went  to  Robert  Roberts'* 
that  Night.  The  6th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Patux- 
wt  Meeting-houfe,  feveral  being  with  us  from  the 

Cliffs-/ 


(     8?     ) 

Gift  ;  and  a  comfortable  Time  we  had  thro'  feme 
deep  Travel,  but  Truth  prevailed  over  all.  The  yth 
we  came  back  toKtofy  Join's  Houfe  at  the  Cliffs  ^ 
and  the  8th  we  were  at  their  Meeting  again ;  which 
was  large  and  precious,  to  our  Comfort,  the 
Help. of  many,  and  God's  Glory . 

The  Qth  we  had  a  large  Meeting  at  Herring  Bay , 
where  the  antient  Love  of  God,  and  its  holy  Way 
and  Teftimony  reached  freely,  and  was  exalted 
among  Friends ;  divers  of  whom  were  much  hurt 
by  the  libertine  Spirit  of  the  World  too  much  pre 
vailing  ;  yet  the  Love  and  Power  of  God  was  over 
all  to  their  Comfort  and  Help. 

The  loth  we  had  a  large  and  edifying  Meeting 
with  Friends  at  Weft-River,  in  the  free  Extendings 
of  living  Power,  tending  to  build  up  the  Living, 
and  gather  the  Wanderers  u,  ho  had  gone  from  the 
Simplicity  that  is  in  Chrift,  nearer  to  it  again. 

The  nth  we  came  to  Samuel  Chew's.  From 
hence  we  croffed  the  Bay,  and  lodged  the  iztth  at 
one  Edward  Etlkct\  not  a  Friend,  but  were  kindly 
entertained  by  him.  The  I3th  we  went  to  Daniel 
Richardfon'Sy  and  the  I4th  to  tfreadhaven  Meeting- 
houfe, to  the  Yearly-meetingthere,  which  continued 
five  Days  fucceffively,  where  a  great  Number  of 
Friends  and  others  were  gathered ;  and  the  Lord's 
Goodnefs  and  Majefty  manifefted  among  us,  to  the 
Glory  of  God,  and  the  Comfort  andConfirmation  of 
many  Souls. 

The  1 8th  we  went  after  Meeting  to  Rebecca, 
Pitts'Sy  where  we  refted  the  next  Day,  and  from 
thence  through  ChefertQ  Cecil,  whore  on  the  Firft- 
day,  being  the  2zd,  we  were  at  a  large  Meeting, 
and  came  back  to  William  ^Thomas's  the  z^d,  and 
had  a  Meeting  at  Chefer,  wherein  the  Power  of 
Truth  prevailed,  to  the  Comfort  and  Strengthening 
of  many  .  The  24th  we  came  down  to  the  Widow 
Pitts'Sj  and  the  25th  to  ^readhaven  Meeting  houfe 
again  to  the  Quarterly -meeting,  and  the  Monthly- 
M  2  meeting 


C    99    3 

,  which  was  held  the  next  Day  ;  wherein 
tlie  Life  and  Goodnefs  of  Truth  attended  us  to  the 
Encouragement  and  Help  of  thofe  who  loved  it, 
and  its  Teftimcny.  : 

The  27th  we  went  to  Vuckaho,  and  had  a  lar^c 
and  profitable  Meeting,  through  the  eminent  Mia- 
nifeftation  of  the  Lord's  Power  and  Goodnefs  to 
t4ie  Comfort  of  the  Living,  and  to  the  Awakening  of 
the  Carelefs ;  theLoofe  were  faithfull/  warned,  and 
Truth  was  exalted.  The  z8th  we 'went  to  the  Kay-  " 
ftde,  and  were  at  the  Meeting  there  the  291!?,  being 
Firft-day,  and  at  a  Marriage  there  the  3ofh,  to 
which  came  many  fober  People  ;  and  the  Lord' 
mercifully  owned  us,  and  magnified  his  own  Name 
and  Teftimony,  which  prevailed  over  many  Hearts, 
greatly  to  our  Comfort.  The  31  ft  we  went  to 
Choptanck  Meeting,'  which  tho'  fmall,  yet  was  made 
very  comfortable  and  edifying  to  Fiiends.  ' 

The  fir  ft  of  the  Ninth  Month  we  went  over 
Choftanck- River y  to  the  Meeting  at  Jojbua  Khmer/tys^ 
•where  many  others  be  fide  Friends  were  gathered, 
among  whom  the  glorious  Gofpel-life  and  Teftimo 
ny  ran  freely  forth,  and  prevailed  in  a  great  De 
gree  over  many  -Souls :  I  was  much  comforted,  and 
tiie  Lord's  holy  Name  was  glorified. 

The  zd  we  went  to  tfravfgeekfn  Meeting,  which 
was  large,  and  many  others  not  of  our  Profdlioh 
being  prefcnr,  and  it  was  rendered  to  us  a  profita 
ble  Seafon.  The  3d  we  had  a  Meeting  at  the  Wi 
dow  Fiber's  at  Namicook  Ri-Jer.'  The  4th  we  crof- 
ied  that  River  andMtewz/Vo  toAfannie.  The  jth 
\ve  had  a  Meeting  there,  wherein  the  Lord's  Pow 
er  and  Goodnefs  helped  us,  and  his  Teftimony 
went  freely  forth -to  the  Information  and  Enam- 
ragement  of  the  Religious-  minded  ;  and  powerful 
ly  againft  a  backfliding  worldly  Spirit,  which  has 
almoft  over  run  .he  few  Friends  there.  The  6th 
•we.  went  to  the  Widow  ffjiers's  at  Arwiwit  and 


C    89    ) 

on  the  7th  had  a  good  little  Meeting  there,  to 
Which  divers  other  People  came. 
•  On  the  8th  we  took  our  Journey  downwards 
into  Mvp-ima)  and  on  the  izth  had  a  Meeting  at 
Rffwadax  Meeting  Houle,'  to  which  came  a  confi- 
derable  Number  of  foberly  inclined  People,  and 
the  Lord's  Power  and  Teftimbny  were  exalted,  to 
our  Comfort  and 'the  Glory  of  God. 

The  1 3th  we  went,  to  one  drikttr  Cher's,  a 
friendiy  Man's  Houfe,  and  iiad  fome  Service  in 
the  Love  of  God  in  his  Family,  and  lodged  there 
that  Nipht.  The  i4th  ieveral  of  the  Family  went 
with  us  to  a  Meeting  at  William  Nocks's,  to  which 
came  many  fober  People,  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a 
good  and  feafonable  Time  among  them  ;  Tho'  we 
were  much  atilitted  in  a  Senfe  of  the  prevailing  of 
an  earthly  Spirit,  leading  fome  rhat  had  been  con 
vinced  of  the  Truth,  into  Indifferency  and  Slack- 
nefs  refpecting  its  Tedimony  ;  by  which  the 
Progrefs  of  Truth  a'nd  Righteoufnefs,  has  been  much 
obitru&ed  in  divers  Parts  of  t'hat  Country. 
The  1 5th  we  went  to  J-fudtfy-Crsekj  and  had  a  good 
open  Meeting  there  that  Day,  thro'  the  gra 
cious  Near  nefs  and  Help  of  the  powerfulPrefence  of 
the  Lord  God,  whofeName  was  exalted  overall.  We 
went  that  Night  to  Mary  Johrfon*s}  an  honed  Wo 
man's  Hou  (e,  onthe  1 6th  to  ^Thomas  Preefon**  Plantation 
near  the  Sea- fide,  to  a  Meeting  appointed  before  ; 
to  which  many  fober  and  well- behaved  People  came, 
and  the  TelUmony  and  Life  of  the  '?Gbfpel,'in  the 
Love  of  God  was  opened  towards  them,  to  their 
Satisfi6tion  and  our  great  Comfort  in  the  Lord. 

The  lyth  we  went  up  to  Maryland  again,  and 
the  1 9th,  bein£  the  firftDay  of  the  Week,  we  had 
a  Meeting  at  the  Widow  'TVwVs,  which  tho'  but 
fmail,  was  favoured  with  the  Extending  of  merciful 
Regard  for  the  Peoples  Help.  On  the  20th  we  fet 
0ut  towards  a  Pare  of  Pennfykar.iay  and  the  21  it 

went 


C    9°    ) 

went  to  Robert  Lodge's  a  Friend  living  at  Cold-Spring, 
thro'  feme  dangerous  Swamps.  The  zzd  we  had  a' 
good  and  comfortable  Meeting  near  his  Houfe,  and 
were  at  leveral  others  in  the  remaining  Part  of  this 
Week. 

The  i6th  we  went  to  Duck-Creek  Meeting,  being 
the  firft  Day,  and  Truth  favoured  us  and  Friends, 
with  a  good  and  ftrengthning  Seafon,  in  the  free 
Opening  of  divine  Power  and  Goodnefs.  We  had 
divers  Meetings  betwixt  this  and  the  ift  of  the 
Tenth  Month,  when  we  were  at  Chefler  Meeting, 
which  was  large  and  folidly  comfortable,  in 
the  free  Attendance  of  divine  Goodnefs  and 
Counfel  :  Many  Friends  met  us  here  from 
fe-verai  other  Meetings.  The  3d,  being  the  firft 
Day,  we  had  a  large  Meeting  at  Darby*  wherein 
feafoning  Goodneis,  from  the  Lord  ot  Mercies, 
was  comfortably  manifefted,  and  the  holy  Name  of 
our  gracious  God  was  magnified  amongft  us.  The 
4th  we  went  to  Philadelphia  to  iP'tHttim  Fiftbourn'$t 
where  I  met  with  .many  near  Friends  of  my  former 
Acquaintance,  and  we  were  much  comforted  to 
gether,  in  Love  of  our  gracious  God :  I  ftaid  there 
about  a  Week,  and  had  leveral  good  and  truly  edi 
fying  Meetings  in  that  Time,  thro*  the  Lord's  mer 
ciful  Goodnefs. 

The  1 2th  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Sprinzfdd,  which 
was  very  large  and  folidly  profitable,  and  on  the 
1 3th  another  large  and  good  Meeting  at  Providence. 
On  the  i4rh  I  had  a  Meeting  at  MMe-7'own,  which, 
was  likewife  very  large;  but  it  was  an  excercifing 
Time,  becaufe  a  worldly  Spirit,  and  Love  to 
vain  Liberty,  feemed  to  have  unfitted  many  Hearts 
for  the  Love  and  Life  of  Truth:  Yet  the  Lord's 
bleffed  Power  prevailed,  and  was  exalted  over  all. 
The  i  <jth  I  went  to  a  Meeting  at  QtKbejier,  wherein 
God's  Love  and  Teftimony  likewife  prevailed  over 
hurtful  Things  to  the  Comfort  and  Screngthning  of 
many.; 

The 


The  1 7th,  being  Firft-day,  I  'went  to  Concord, 
where  a  great  Number  of  Friends  and  fome  others 
were  gathered,  and  the  Lord's  Power  and  Good 
nefs  came  over  us,  and  were  magnified  to  the  Com- 
ifort  of  many,  and  to  the  A  wakening  of  others.  The 
1 8th  I  had  a  Meeting  ac  Center  ;  a  laborious  Time, 
but  Truth  prevailed  and  came  over  loofe  Spirits. 
The  1 9th  I  went  to  a  Meeting  at  Kenntt,  where  the 
Lord  gave  us  a  good  and  edifying  Seafon,  and  on 
the  2oth  I  had  a  Meeting  near  Abraham  'Mar frail's, 
being  a  newly  fettled  Place,  and  the  Lord  gave  us 
a  good  Time  among  the  People  there.  The  2zd 
I  went  to  another  new  Place  called  Cain,  where  a 
pretty  many  People  were  gathered,  towards  whom 
the  Love  and  Mercy  of  God  extended  freely,  to 
their  Help  and  Comfort. 

The  23d  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Uwclland,  to  which 
came  a  confiderable  Number  of  Friends,  and  in  the 
Lord's  Goodnefs  we  had  an  edifying  Seafon.  The 
24th,  being  Firft-day,  I  was  at  Friends  Meeting 
atGoihen,  which  was  large,  and  a  heavenly  inform 
ing  and  truly  edifying  Time  it  was,  in  the  Demon- 
ftration  of  the  Lord's  Power.  The  2jth  I  was  at 
the  Monthly -meeting  for  Bufinefs  at  Providence, 
•which  was  large,  and  the  antient  Goodnefs,  and 
living  Power  of  the  Lord  God,  was  comfortably 
among  Friends,  and  therein  the  Service  of  the 
Meeting  was  carried  on  in  much  Unity  and  Peace. 

The  26th  I  went  to  Newtown,  and  tho'  it  was 
extreme  fnowy,  yet  we  had.  a  large  and  bleffed 
Meeting.  The  2;th  to  Haverford,  where  we  had  a 
very  large  Meeting,  and  Truth  was  near  to  help 
thro'  much  Exercife,  to  my  Comfort  andEafe.  The 
2  8th  I  went  to  Radnor,  where  wasa  large  andfolid!y 
profitable  Meeting,  and  a  powerful  Teftlmony  of 
Truth  was  exalted  to  the  Help  of  many  Souls.  The 
29th  tolMerien,  where  a  large  Number  was  gather-, 
«d,  and  the  bkfled  GofpcJ-tcflitnony,  and  humbling 

Power 


C     9*     ) 

Power,  greatly  prevailed  that  D.iy,  to  the  gfeat 
joy  and  Help  of  many ,  and  the  Lord  God  was 
rnugnified.  I  went  that  Evening  to  lodge  with  J. 
Roberts,  where  I  had  a  good  and  edifying  Seafon 
with  the  old  People,  many  Friends,  aifo  coming 
there  to  fee  us.  •  On  the  3oth  I  came  to  Philadelphia, 
in  order  to  take  my  Companion  along  with  me  in 
a  V.ifit  further  up  the  Province,  he  having  remain 
ed  here  about  three  Weeks,  being  unwel.  I  ftaid 
here  over  the  next  Day,  viz.  The^ift,  andFirft- 
day,  and  had  pretty  good  Meetings; 

The  zd  of  the  Eleventh  Month  we  had  a-Meeting 
at  Frankfort ,  which  the  Lord  bleffed  to  us,  and 
made  it  a  comfortable  Seafon.  We  lodged  at  Jona 
than  Dickinfon'Sj  where  Truth  opened  at  Way  to  ex 
tend  a  merciful  Vifit  to  the  Family.  ,The  3d  we 
>vent  to  Byberry  Meeting,  which  was  very  large, 
tut  a  ftrait  fuftering  Time.  The  4th  to  Nefhaminyi 
•which  being  the  Monthly  Meeting  for  Bufinels, 
many  Friends  came,  and  The  Lord  ftrengthned  and 
encouraged  us  together,  by  the.  Attendance  of  his 
blefled  Power  and  Goodnefs.  Tlie  5ih  we  went 
to  Brifiol,  'where  man v  Friends  gathered,  anxi  the 
Lord  gave  us  an  heavenly  relieving  Time,  in  the 
Reachmgs  of  his  Wifdom  and  Power.  The  yth, 
being  the  fir  ft  Day  of  the  Week,  we  were  at  the- 
Falls  Meeting^  which  was  very  large,  and  thro" 
the  blefled  Attendance  of  the  Lord's  Power  and 
Goodnefs,  we  had  an  edifying  Seafon.  The  8th 
we  went  to  Macclcsfdd,  and  had  a  good  Meeting 
that  Afternoon  with  fome  Friends,  and  many  friend 
ly  People  who  came  in, ,  The  Qth  we  went  to, 
Wright's  Town,  where  we  had  a  large  Meeting  that 
Day,  wherein  the  Teftimoivy  of  Truth  reached 
forth  in  an  awakening  Manner  ;  and  to  the  Com 
fort  and  Strengthening  of  many . 

The  loth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Buckingham ^  and 
ths  i  ith  to  North-Wales,  where  we" lodged  at 


C     93     D 

."  "r.tftfj's,  and  had  a  £ood  Meeting  that  Evening1^ 
j/vith  a  large  Number  of  Friends  who  came  to  fee 
us.     The  1 2th,  being  accompanied  by    feveral  of. 
ihofe  and  fome  other  Friends,  \ve  went  to  a  new- 
fettled  Place  called    Great  Swamp,    and  tho"  the 
Snow  was  deep,  and  the  Frolt  very  fevere,  yet 
thro'  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  we  got  well  through, 
and  had  a  good  little  Meeting  with    fome  Friends 
and  other  People,  who  came  in  that  Evening,  at 
Peter  Leicefter's.     The  I4th  we  were  at  the  Meet- 
ing  of  Friends  at  North- fit  /r/w,    which   was  very 
large,  ieveral  other  Profeflbrs  coming  in,  and  the 
Gofpel  was  preached  in  its  own  Authority  and  Wif- 
dom,  and  was  exalte4  in  many  Souls,  to  the  Com 
fort  of  the  Living,  and  the  Glory  of  the  Lord  of 
all  our  Mercies.     We  had  another   Meeting  that 
Evening,    at  the  Houfe  of  Hugh  Fou&e'sy  whicU 
v/as  much  to  our  Satisfaction.     The   ijth  we  had 
a  Meeting  at  Plymouth,  a  good,  informing  and  pro 
fitable  Seafon. .   And   the  i6th  we  were  at  North- 
H'ales  Meeting  again :    A   large   folidly   edifying 
Meeting  it  was,    and  the  Lord's    Power  fpread 
weightily  over  many  Hearts. 
j  .The  i  yth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Horjhprfy  where 
in  the   Wi  Worn  and  Power   of  Truth  prevailed 
greatly  to  our,  and  many  Friends  Comfort. .   We 
lodged  that  Night  at  William  Stockdale's,  where  we. 
had  fome  good  Service  in  the  Love  of  Truth  that 
Evening,  among  a  pretty  many  Friends.  The  i8th 
we  were  at  dbington,  where  the  Meeting  was  large, 
and  an  Awakening  routing  Seafon. .    We  lodged  at 
Morris  /J/0rm's,    where  feveral  Friends  came  in, 
and  we  had  fome  Service  among  them. 
,   The  i ^th  we  went  to  a  Meeting  at  German- 
io'ivX)  which  was  a  large  and  blciTe^i  Meeting,  thro' 
the    Prevalency    of   Truth.     TJtaj  21  ft,     being 
Firft-day,    we  were   at  the  Meeting  at   RwUnpton* 
v,  here  we  were  favour'd   with  a  good   and  foiid 
faecting  ;  and  the  ^^  at  SpririefeU)  where  the  holy 
K  Arm" 


C    94     ) 

Arm  of  the  Lord  was  revealed,  to  the  Comfort 
and  Help  of  many  Souls,  and  his  Name  was  magni 
fied  over  all.  The  24th  we  had  a  Meeting  at- 
Jdount-  Holly  j  which  was  pretty  large  ;  and  the  blef- 
fed  Arm  or  Power  was  magnifefted  therein,  tend 
ing  to  ftir  up  Ibme  flaok  and  loofe  People,  and  to 
encourage  the  Upright.  The  25th  we  went  to  a 
Meeting  at  Jncocas%  where  there  was  a  Marriage, 
to  which  many  People  came  ;  and  Truth  made  ic 
a  profitable  and  eft.iblifhing  Seafon.  The  26^1  we 
had  a  Inrge  and  bleffed  Meeting,  thro'  the  ftrong 
Arifings  and  Goings-forth  of  the  Teftimony  and 
LifeofChrift.  The  28th,  being  Fir  ft  day,  we 
were  at  Newfown  fleeting,  wherein  Truth  ap 
peared  in  Mercy  and  Goodwill  to  revive  and  build 
up  a  weak  and  daggering  People.  The  29th  we 
had  a  good  and  prevailing  Meeting,  in  the  Help  of 
the  Life  ancIGoodneis  of  Truth  ,  at  Woodberry  -creek. 
The  3  1  ft  we  had  a  Meeting  at  ^lh-ivays-creeky  which 
was  an  eftablifhing,  ttrengchning  Scaibn,  thro'  the 
merciful  Attendance  of  the  Power  of  Truth.  The 
i  ft  of  the  Twelfch  Month  we  had  a  very  large 
Meeting  in  Salem  Town,  which  the  Lord  made  an 
awakening  Time,  to  the  Comfort  of  many. 

From  heme  be  wrote  the  following  F'piflh  to  Friends  iff 
ftis   own   County,   but  mt>rs  efpsceally^  to  Friends    of 

WfiNSLEYDALE 


f  r 


Dear  FRIENDS, 


WHom  I  very  often  remember,  tho*  now 
feparated  far  from  you  outwardly  ; 
yet  as  1  am  a  Part  of  you  in  many  Refpe<5fcs  efpeci- 
illy  in  that  we  have,  many  of  us,  been  begotten 
by  one  heavenly  Father,  into  one  Faith  and  near 
Kindred  ;  a  id  by  and  in  his  Love  and  living  Pow 
er,  many  of  our  Sauls  have  been  fed,  and  nurfed 
tip  as  Bone  of  Bone,  both  in  true  and  near 
L|0vc,  and  Readinefs  to  ferve  one  another  with 

Pie*- 


C     95     ) 

Fleafurc  ;  which  as  it  is  the  Effect  of  divine  Love, 
fo  we  ihall  never  lofe  the  Comfort  and  Profit  of 
its  being  renewed  to  us,  and  upon  us,  both  to  our 
own  particular  Help  and  Supply,  whatever  any  of 
us  may  have  to  wade  thro*,  or  be  tried  with  ;  and 
alfo  to  nourifli  and  maintain  a  holy  ftrengthning 
Fellowfhip,  as  Brethren  and  Sifters,  ifwemour- 
felves  keep  but  the  pure  Faith  in  the  everlivingPow-^ 
er,  and  walk  in  the  due  Fear  and  Care  before  the 
Lord  God  of  Mercies  and  All-fufficiency .  For 
this  my  Heart  often  breathes  tpthe  Lord  for  myfelf, 
and  for  you  all ;  and  in  a  tender  near  Manner  for 
the  humble,  inwardly  needy,  au4  bapfi'z.ed  Souls 
among  you,  towards  whom,  my  Bowels,  often  as  it 
were  turn  within  me;  you  being  almoft  daily  be 
fore  me  in  the  Love  of  God,  whofe  compaffipnatc 
Eye  is  furely  over  you  in  a  Fatherly  Manner,  and 
his  mighty  Arm  extended  towards  you,  both  to 
feed  and  wafh,  and  fit  you  for  a  further  Service  in 
your  Day,  if  you  "wait  but  patiently  and  diligently 
upon  him,  in  true  Refignatjon  of  Heart,  to  be 
•what  he  would  have  you  to  be  ;  for  Love  and  Care 
from  the  Lord  Almighty,  I  am  often  very  fenfible, 
reacheth  gracioufly  towards  you  to  do  you  Good. 
"  And,  dear  Friends ,  as  you  are  in  general  of 
ten  frefh.  in  my  Remembrance  in  brotherly  Love, 
fp  I  have  been  influenced  to  write  a  little  to  you, 
and  therein  I  now  fend  you  my  near  Salutation  in 
engaging  Love  from  the  holy  Spring  of  pure  Edifi 
cation;  praying  that  you  may  all  wait  diligently,  to 
feel  a  holy  fervent  Thirft  to  be  raifed  in  your 
Hearts,  afcer  certain  Experience  of  divine  Life, 
and  enlarging  Goodnefs  in  yourfelves,  and  more 
and  more  to  be  prepared  for  it ;  fo  will  you  come  to 
have  Bread  inyour  own  Houfes,  pure  Water  in  your 
own  Veflels,  and  fo  to  have  Rejoicing  in  yourfelves, 
and  not  in  another  :  Thus  will  ail  grow  towards 
and  become  fruitful  in  Righteoufhefs,  to  the 
N  2,  Com?* 


C    96    ) 

Comfort  and  Help  one  of  another,  and  to  fiiew 
forth  the  Nature  of  Truth,  to  the  Praife  and  Glo 
ry  of  the  one  moft  holy  Head. 

"  And  it  isalfo  frefh  upon  my  Spirit,  with  fom« 
Weight,  earneftly  andtenrferly,  to  advifc  sil  cf  yon, 
to  fee  carefully  to  the  Improvement  of  your  own 
Gifcs  or  Talents;  which  is  not  only  your  Du 
ty,  as  they  were  given  for  this  Purpofe,  but  is  allb" 
the  alone  Way  to  a  truly  happy  End.  And  altho' 
all  have  not  received  Gifcs  alike,  neither  v.  ith  r~- 
ipecli  to  Meafure  nor  Operation,  yet  all  .arc  h  cm 
one  God,  one  Spirit,  and  are  to  be  improved,  whe 
ther  Five,  Two,  or  One  :  The  faithful  Improvers, 
the  diligently  exercifed  Hearts,  according  to  the 
Meafure  given,  only  will  have  the  Sentence  of. 
Jfall  done,  and  enter  into  the  Joy  of  the  Lord 'at  la  ft  ; 
as  well  as  be  often  favoured  with  Accefs  to  Life 
here.  It  is  the  careful  Waiters  for  the  Spirit  of 
Truth,  and  its  quickening  Power,  fuch  as  low  and 
live  to  the  Spirit,  who  will  reap  Life  everlafling-, 
and  from  Time  to  Time,  have  the  free  Earneit  of. 
a  never-fading  Inheritance.  And  thus,  Strength 
in  Faith,  and  Vigour  in  Zeal  for  the  Lord  God, 
liis  holy  Teftimony,  and  for  the  Peace  and  Prof-: 
perity  of  his  Family,  is  renewed  and  maintained  ; 
and  thus  we  grow  up  truly  fubjcdt  to  one  holy  and- 
living  Head,  and  near  to,  and  careful  over  one  an 
other. 

"  And,  Friends,  be  fure  to  be  careful  that  hea 
venly  Things  have  fuitably  more  Room  than  earth 
ly,  with  you  all ;  and  walk  in  the  Spirit,  as  well  as 
talk  of  it,  and  then  the  Lufts  or  unprofitable  J)e- 
lires  of  the  Flefh.  uill:not  be  fulfilled^  but  the 
great  Mount  of  our  elder  Brother  ffax  will  be  gra 
dually  judged  in  all ;  and  the  Kingdom  and  Govern 
ment  of  Hearts  will  be  the  Lord's,  whofe  Right  it 
is :  Then  will  your  Hearts  enlarge  one  towards 
another,  and  grow  flronger  in  an  heavenly  Mind.- 

Oh, 


C     97     ) 

Oh,  thus  will  the  Elder  among  you  be  bulk  up  and 
'maintained  bright  in  Spirit,  and  in  Life  :  And  the 
Younger  will  bs  gathered  from  the  lofcy  Mountains, 
v/here  the  World's  deceiving,  dazzli.vg  Glory  is 
viewed  and  coveted;  where  the  hurtful  Tilings 
moitly  range  ;  where  Cooli-els  and  Ban  ennds  of 
ten  reign;  and  then  the  Lord  alone  will  be  exalted 
in  feeling  Knowledge  among  'them,  and  he  will 
become  a  Fountain  of  Bleiling  to  them,  that  they 
may  be  a  Gene  ration  for  God  in  their  Time,  to 
iliew  forth  his  Salvation  and  redeeming  Power  in 
the  Earth.  My  Hope  is  ttrons;,  that  many  of  the 
Youth  will  thus  grow  up  to  their  own,  to  yours, 
and  the  Comfort  of  many  others.  I  am  well  fatis- 
-fied  that  divine  Care  and  Regard  is,  and  will  be 
extended  towards  you  in  general,  to  do  you  Good, 
according  to  your  feveraj  Wants  ;  but  be-aifyred, 
it  mutt  be  in  the  Lord's  Way  and  Terms,  and  not 
in  Man's.  And  one  Thing  farther  take  good  No 
tice  of,  which  hath  both  Caution  and  Encourage - 
rrentin  it,  That  altho'  Saul  was  lent  againft  a  great 
People,  and  with  clofe  Orders  to  dettroy  dmakk 
utterly,  yet  was  he  attended  with  Ability  fuitable 
to  the  Service  :  And  fo  is  the  Lord  carefully  near 
to  help  you  in  every  refpe«5t,  in  the  Performance 
of  what  he  requires,  both  in  refitting  and  efchewing 
tyharever  he  fhews  to  be  hurtful  or  evil ;  and  alfo 
iii  preiling  on,  tho*  through  a  Crowd,"  and  draw 
ing  near  for  right  and  effectual  healing  of  every 
Diilemper  :  He  will  alfo  be  with  you,  and  near  to 
help  forward  in  anfwering  his  Requirings,  in  any 
Thing  or  Service  for  his  holy  Name,  the  Good 
and  Comfort  of  his  Family." 

u  I  fay  again,  in  a  fteady  Senfe  cf  holy  Goodnefs 
in  my  Heart,  at  thisSeafon  reaching  towards  you, 
that  the  Lord  God,  who  rnanifetts  unto  Man  what 
is  good,  and  what  he  requires,  doth  and  will  attend 
and  aiTiit  you  to  go- for  ward,  in  performing  and  an-' 

fwer- 


(     93     } 

fwering  the  blefled  End ;  to  our  Peace  and  his  Glo 
ry,  how  weak  ibever  any  may  appear  in  their  own 
Sight,  if  they  do  but  duly  labour  to  follow  him 
wiih  full  Purpofe  of  Heart :  And  that  this  may  be 
more  and  more  ail  our  humble  Care,  is  my  fincere 
Advice  to  you,  and  Prayer  to  him  who  can  do  all 
Things.  Amen. 

"  Thus  dear  Frien<lst  I  have  freed  my  Spirit  a 
little  towards  you  in  our  Father's  Love,  wherein 
I  am  almoft  daily  mindful  ot  you,  tho'  at  this  great 
outward  Diftance,  and  in  it  once  more  dearly  greet 
you,  and  remain  your  ancerely  loving  Friend  and 
Brother,  in  the  unchangeable  Covenant  of  Life, 
Salem  in  Weil-  Jerfcy,  the 

ift.  of  the  i2tby  Mo.  1721.  JOHN  FQTI-IERGILL. 

ct  I  may  farther  acquaint  you,  that  thro*  divine 
Goodnefs  and  Mercy,  my  Health  and  Strength  is 
every  Way  maintained  and  renewed,  to  mine  and 
many  Friends  Admiration,  confidering  my  Dili 
gence  and  the  Depth  of  Labour  :  And  'altho*  I  am 
led  to  trace  out,  and  wade  thro*,  many  exercising 
Circurnftances  attending  the  Churches,  yet  the 
Lord's  Arm  often  makes  way  to  great  Dominion 
in  the  Refurrection  of:  the  Power  of  Truth,  to 
my  humbling  Joy  ;  and  the  moft  holy  and  worthy 
Name  is  magnified.  We  get  forward  pretty  well, 
tho'  not  very  fpeedily,  but  my  Hopes  are  renew 'd' 
that  I  may  yet  live  to  fee  you  again  in  the  Lord's 
Time,  unto  whofe  Hand  I  am  freely  refigned, 
having  my  Evidences,  or  Confirmations,  thro*  di 
vine  Help,  that  it  is  well  I  am  here." 

The  2d  of  the  Twelfth  Month  {continues  the 
journal}  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Pile/grovet  where 
many  foberly-inclined  People  were  gathered,  and 
the  Love  and  Teftimon/  of  Truth  reached  freely 
towards  them^  and  made  it  a  profitable  Scafon. 

The 


(     99     ") 

The  3d  we  czme  up  the  Country  again,  and  jn 
the  Evening  crofted  over  the  River  D dais  Art  to 
Philadelphia,  where  on  the  4th,  being  Firft-day, 
ivewere  at  a  the  Burial  of  an  antient  Friend  Kkko- 
las  Wafai  at  Fair-hiM '9  at  which  Place  a  great  Con- 
courfe  of  Friends  and  others  were  met :  We  had  a 
large  Meeting  that  Evening  in  Fkihdelplia,  which 
the  Lord  waspleaicd  eminently  to  own  by  his  glo 
rious  Power,  and  the  Gofpel  Teftimony  and  Life 
•was  ever  all  in  a  great  and  blcfTcd  Degree.  The 
5th  we  were  at  the  Quarterly -meeting  for  Bufincfs 
for  the  County,  where  the  Lord  owned  us,  and 
opened  divers  weighty  Things,  to  recommend  to  the 
Meeting,  in  the  Power  of  Truth,  which  Friends 
received  in  Tendernefs ;  and  an  holy  Reverer.ee, 
with  deep  Thankfulnefs,  was  brought  over  our 
Souls  before  the  Lord. 

The  6th  we  were  at  a  General-  meeting  for  Wor- 
ihip  at  Haverford,  wherein  the  Lord's  Power  glo- 
rioufly  appeared,  and  fhook  the  Earth  in  many 
Hearts,  in  divers  refpefts ;  and  it  -was  made  a  Day 
of  Gladnefs  and  Comfort  to  others,  bleifed  be  the 
Name  of  the  Lord  God  for  ever. 

The yth  wewereataMonthly-meetingfcrBufmefs 
at  Darby,  where  we  "had  a  good  ar.d  edifying  Time, 
in  the  Love  of  God.  The  8th  "We  vent  to  Spring- 
feldt  vi filing  feveral  Friends  by  the  Way,  to  feme 
Advantage,  and  had  a  large  Meeting  there,  where 
in  the  Lord's  Power  and  Life  was  exalted  and  mag 
nified,  to  the  Encouragement  of  many.  The  9th 
we  had  a. Meeting  at  &iddhtcw9i)  wherein  the  pow 
erful  Word  of  Life  arofe  and  prevailed  greatly, 
to  our  Comfort,  and  the  Help  of  Friends.  The  loth 
•we  vifited  feveral  Fricrds  Families,  and  vent  to 
Chejler  :  The  nth,  being  Firft- day,  we  were  at 
Friends  Meeting  there  ;  to  which  Friends  came 
from  many  Places,  and  a  folid  Settling  Time  it  was 
in  the  Power  of  Truth.  The  i-zth  we  went  to  the 

Quar- 


C 

Quarterl  y-rneetin.g  for  Bufinefs  at  Providence  \  where 
the  Lord's  Povier  and  Love  were 'eminently  among 
Friends,  to  our  Encouragement  in  the  Service  of 
Truth.  And  die  i^tli  were  at  a  General-meeting 
for  Worfhip  at  fciddUtown,  which  was  very  large, 
and  a  bLifed,  humbling  Seafon,  in  ihe  Prevalence 
of  the  Gofpcl  of  Chriit,  and  the  holy  Name  was 
magnified . 

The  1 4th  we  went  to  Lewis  Walker'^  in  the 
Great -faltey,  where  we  had  a  large  Meeting  out  of 
Doors,  with  many  other  Profeffors;  all 'were  very 
attenti/e,  and  the  Gofpel  Power  and  Teitimony 
went  freely  forth  to  general  Satisfaction  and  Com 
fort.  The  1 5th  we  went  over  to  Per^u'iowm,  where 
we  had  a  good  Meeting  in  a  Senfe  ot  the  Prevalen- 
cy  of  the  Power  of  Truth.  We  lodged  with  j'o~ 
fepi>  Richardfon,  in  whofe  Houfe  we  had  a  feryice- 
able  humbling  Seafon  with  his  Family,  and  fome 
others  who  came  in  that  Evening. 

The  1 6th  we  went  up  the  Country  to  a  new-fet 
tled  Place  above  Jlanhatawnyj  where,  were  gathered 
fome  Fronds  and  others  ;  we  had  a  good  £eafon  a- 
mongft  them  in  the  Love  of  Truth,  much  tending 
to  their  Eftablifhment.  The  iyth  we  had  a  Meet 
ing  in  the  Baptifl  Meeting-houfe  near  Sktypolk,  at 
the  Requeft  of  fome  of  tltem,  where  the  Lord 
owned  us  in  his  Wifdom  and  Power,  and  gave  us, 
a  comfortable  Time  to  general  Satisfaction,  ,  We 
parted  lovingly,  and  came  that  Night  to  Evan  E- 
vans's  at  North  tf'ales,  and  were  the  1 8th' at  Frienc.s 
Meeting  there,  which  was  large,  and^c  beiirj  • 
Firft-day,  we  had  another  in  the  Evening;  in  both 
which,  the  great  Lord  and  Fountain  of  Life  and 
W'ifdom  gracioufly  owned  us,  and  prevailed  upon, 
the  Hearts  and  Underftandings  of  many,  both  of 
Friends,  and  fome  whoprofeffed  not  with  us. 

7'he  igth  we  went  to  vifit  an  antient  Friend  who 
Kad  loft  her  Sight,  being  accompanied  with  feveral 

Frk- 


C       101      ) 

Friends,  with  whom  we  hud  a  pro£tablp  SeafT>n in' 
the  Attendance  of  the  Love  of  God.  We  went  to 
Philadelphia  that  Night,  and  the  zoth  into  the 
Jerfeys  to  a  General  meeting,  which  was  very  large 
both  of  Friends  and  others  ;  and  tho*  I  met  with 
feme  Affli6ti.cn  and  Suffering  of  Spirit,  becaufe  o£ 
the  Prevailing  of  a  carelefs  and  libertine  Difpofirion 
among  many  profeffiog  the  Truth  ;  yet  the  Lord 
Hie  wed  himfeif  gracious,  in  extending  Help  ro  ma 
ny  Conditions  ;  and  many  Souls  were  comforted  in 
ihe  Love  of  Truth,  the  Power  whereof  was  ex-^ 
alted.  We  came  back  to  Philadelphia  that  Night, 
and  went  the  2  J  ft  to  Nejl}siminy>  Co  the  Meeting  of 
miniftring  Friends  arid  Eld<rrs,  where  we  were 
comforted  together  in  the  Love  and  Power  of 
Truth'. 

The  22d  we  were  at  Friends  Quarterly  -meeting 
for  the  County,  wherein  the  Lord's  Power  great- 
I/  prevailed,  in  humbling  and  ftrengthning  man/' 
Souls.  We  lodged  at  J.  Stackhottfe*s  pretty  near,, 
and  on  the  23d  vifited  feveral  Friend's  Families 
there-about,  wherein  we  had  feme  good  Service, 
and  returned  that  Nighc  to  Adam  Harker\  and 
went  the  241)1  over  the  River  to  Burlington^  to  a 
Meeting  for  Miniftcrs  and  Elders,  where  the 
Lord  God  opened  many  Things  to  them  thro*  my 
Heart,  for  their  Help  and  Encouragement  in 
the  Work  of  the  Day .  We  went  back  to  Briflol 
by  Boat,  and  rode  to  Jofepb  Kirkbride's. 

Tiie  25th,  being  filrit-day,  we  got  over  the 
River  in  a  Boat  near  the  Falls t  but  were  driven 
down  a  great  Way  by  the  Strength  of  the  Screara  ; 
ib  that  it  was,  not  without  Difficulty  and  Danger 
that  we  palled.  We  got  in  pretty  good  Time  to 
Stony  brook)  where  we  had  a  good  Meeting  among 
a  few  Friends,  and  n^ny  other  Profeilbrs,  at  JQ- 
fepb  rForth's  Houfc, 

O  The 


•The-26>h'W-e  came  dowivto  Burlington  again  to 
FricrKb  Quari^iiy-vn^eting,  which  was  very  large, 
and  a  ftrengthcning  encouraging  Seafon  in  th« 
Love  of  God,  and  a  peaceable '  Spirit  was  fweetly 
over  many  Hearts,  to  the  Glory  of  the  Rock  of  all 
our  Strength . 

The  zyth  we  were  at  a  Youths-meeting  at  the 
fame  Place,  where  many  Friends  were  gathered, 
and  the  bleffed  Order  and  TclHmor.y  of  the  Truth, 
in  the  Power  of  it  was  exalted  and  extended  to  ma 
ny  Hearts.  The  28th  we  went  to  Mount-holly  to  a 
General- meeting  of  fcvcral  particular  Meetings, 
which  was  large,  and  tfie  Lord  was  pleafed  to  make 
it  a  folidly  tfrengthning  Time,  in  the  free  Spread- 
ings  of  divine  Love  and  edifying  Life,  much  to  our 
Joy  in  the  Lord.  We  lodged  at  NAtbanael  Crifp'sy 
where  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  arofc  among  us  in  the 
Family  to  Profit. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Firft  Month  we  were  at  Chfer- 
feld  Meeting,  wherein  the  Power  and  Doc>rine  of 
Chrilt  reached  eminently  forth  to  the  great  Com 
fort  and  Help  of  many  Souli.  That  Evening  we 
went  to  J.  Sykes\  intending  to  fct  forward  from 
thence  tow  ard  £gg-Ilarbour,  the  3d  we  took  our  [our  - 
ney  thro' the  DC  farts  to  Little- Egg- h7arbourt  and  came 
to  Gervas  Farrar'st  and  en  the  4th  were  at  a  Meeting 
there,  and  had  a  pretty  good  Time  in  the  Extend 
ing  of  the  Love  of  Truth  to  the  poor  People  there 
away.  The  ^th  we  travelled  Part  by  Land,  and 
thro*  difmal  Marflies,  and  Part  by  Water  in  Canoes 
to  Great- Ege- Harbour )  and  on  the  6th  had  a  Meeting 
among  fome  poor  dark  People  that  came  thither ;  yet 
the  Lord  was  piealed  to  draw  near,  and  comforted 
divers  of  us  fweetly .  The  yth  iwe  had  a  Meeting 
at  one  John  Skull's^  where  a  considerable  Number 
•of  different  Profcflbrs  came  in,  and  we  had  a  pret 
ty  good  Time  among  them.  The  8th  we  endea 
voured  to  go  over  a  great  River  to  Cape-Azay,  but 
the  Wind  was  fo  violent  that  we  eou!4  not  gee  over 

till 


C 

till  Evening,  v/hen  with  hard  rowing,  and  much 
toiling,  we  got  fafely  to  Land. 

The  Qth  we  got  to  a  Meeting  which  was  appoint 
ed  at  the  Widow  yownfceniTs,  and  gave  Notice  to 
hare  another  Meeting  there  on  the  loth,  which 
was  Firft-day ;  and  a  large  one  we  had,  wherein 
the  Lord  gracioufly  owned  us  withtiis  Couq&l,  and 
the  Going  forth  oi  his  Goodnefs  to  our  Comfort, 
and  the  Satisfaction  of  the  People,  raoft  of  whom 
were  of  other  Profeilions,  and  bxit  few  Friends. 
The  i  zth  we  took  our  Journey  thro'  the  Wilder- 
nefs  and  a  great  boggy  Mar  ill,  and  fwimming  our 
.Hories  over  Morrice- river  y  we  came  to  Cohan  fey  y  and 
on  the  1 3th  had  a  fleeting  at  Greenwich  with  a  few 
Friends  and  fevcral  other  Profeflbrs ;  and  had  a» 
good  opening,  confirming  Time  in  the  Love  o£ 
God,  which  was  graciouily  extended  to  us. 

The  i4th  we  went  to  a  Meeting  at  Salem^  which 
through  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  was  made  an  edifying 
Seafon  ;  and  on  the  i$th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Pilef- 
grove  again,  where  a  pretty  many  People  were  ga 
thered  ;  and  the  Doctrine  and  Power  of  the  Gof- 
pel  of  Chrift  reached  freely  toward  them,  to  the, 
Satisfaction  of  many . 

The  1 6th  we  came  up  to  a  Meeting  at  Wtt&erry'* 
Creek,  where  the  Wifdom  and  Mercy  of  the  Lord 
our  God  was  evidently  manifsft  in  dividing  the 
Word  of  Life  to  the  (everal  States  and  Benefit  of 
many  ;  and  his  holy  Name  was  magnified. 

In  bis  Paffage  tiro"  Weit-Jerfey,  he  wrote  ikejol-. 
lowing  Epiftle,  viz. 

¥o  FRIENDS  of  tie  Quarterly  Meeting  at  YORE. 

Jty     dear  BRETHREN  and  SISTERS  in  the  Covenant 
rr  of  Lite  ! 

ALTHO*  I  am  now  outwardly  far  lepara- 
ted  from  you  for  the  Golpel  of  our  Lord 
Jfesus  CHRIST'S  Sake,  yet  as  I  Have  been  favoured 
O  z  with 


C 

v;ith  Mercy  to  obtain  a  Share  of  near  Brotherhood 
amongft  you  in  the  heavenly  Relation  ;  fo  you  arc 
very  often  truly  frefli  in  my  Remembrance,  in  the 
Springing  of  heavenly  Love  from  our  Father, 
•wherein  I  believe  I  am  often  bettered  for  your  ten- 
»der  Breathings  to  the  living  Rock  of  all  onr  Ability 
and  Comfort :  And  the  Remembrance  of  that  near 
Unity,  and  fweet  Fellowship,  which  many  of  us 
lhavebeen  nurfed  and  built  up  in,  and  wherein  we 
liad  to  take  Leave  one  of  another,  is  often  renewed 
in  my  View,  and  made  ibmewhat  like  a  Staff  to. 
jean  upon  (in  Part)  in  my  Travel :  And  in  feeling 
the  Renewal  of  quickning  Virtue  from  the  ever- 
Rafting  Root,  my  Heart  is  often  filled  with  Suppli 
cation  to  the  God  and  Father  of  all  our  Mercies, 
that  his  powerful  Prefence  may  often  be  with  all 
your  Spirits,  to  ftrengthen  heavenly  Zealand  Care  in 
every  Heart  for  your  own  Good,  and  for  that  of  the 
^Family  of  God:  And  that  pure  Wifdom  and  Unity 
of  Heart  may  be,  and  continue  to  increafe  among  all. 
"  I  doubt  not  but  that  it  will  be  a  Degree  of  Joy 
to  you,  to  hear  of  me  and  rny  Companion's  being  well, 
and  on  our  Way  in  the  Lord's  Work ;  and  I  may 
jikewife  add,  that  pure  and  living  Love  often  mo-' 
•ving  in  my  Heart  towards  you,  has  encouraged  me 
to  fend  a  fewLinesas  a  Token  of  my  Remembrance 
of  you,  and  therewith  my  dear  Salutation  in 
the  Love  and  Fellowship  of  Chrift  our  Lord  ; 
and  in  humble  Reverence  to  let  you  know,  that 
the  living  and  powerful  Word,  that  drew  us.  away 
from  amongft  you  for  the  prefent,  hath  been  gra- 
cioufly  near  in  our  Services  hitherto,  to  our  great 
Comfort  (notwithftanding  it  has  been  our  Lot  fome- 
times,  to  wade  thro'  Sorrow  and  Suffering  of  Spirit 
for  Truth's  fake)  and  has  profpered  the  Work  in 
fcveral  Places;  both  in  Awakening  fome  of  the  For 
getful  and  Lukewarm;  in  Reaching  tommy  amongil 
tue  poor,  airy,  and  wanton  Youth,  by  his  bap-. 

tiling 


tifing  Bower  ;  alfo  in  Gathering  fome  from  without 
in  divers  Places:  And  the  living  and  concerned 
Hearts  for  Sion's  Profperity,  are  ftrengthned  and 
encouraged . 

"  And  tho'  a  Forgetful  nefs  of  the  Lord's  Good- 
nefs,  and  merciful  Visitation  in  lome,  and  of  the 
Duty  of  living  near  the  Truth,  and  an  Unwilltng- 
nefs  to  walk  within,  and  a  Slight  of  the  Bounds  of 
Truth  in  others,  have  ibrrowtuily  prevailed  in  too 
many  Places;  yet  blefled  be  the  Lord  God  for  ever, 
he  is  at  work,  and  arifing  to  turn  the  Stream  of 
diver?  hurtful  Things  which  have  crept  in  ;  and  I 
am  ftrong  in  Faith,  that  the  Power  and  Life  of 
Righteoufnefs  is  prevailing,  and  will  fpread  in  the 
Earth,  and  in  thefe  Countries,  even  in  this  Gene 
ration,  to  the  Glory  of  God,  and  the  Comfort  of 
the  Living. 

"  And,  my  dear  Friends,  I  have  it  in  my  Heart 
to  requeft  of  you,  and  tenderly  to  advife  all  Fathers 
and  Mothers,  Ministers  and  Elders,  in  particular, 
carefully  to  wait  to  feel  the  Love  and  Life  of  the 
blefled  Truth  to  arife  in  your  Hearts  ;  to  Itrengthen 
and  increafe  a  heavenly  Zeal  and  Concern  to  do  the 
Work  of  your  Day,  according  to  your  Abilities, 
with  due  Diligence,  while  you  have  Time  and  Op 
portunity.  And  I  believe  the  Lord  will  enlarge  your 
Capacities  for  your  feveral  Services,  and  will  blcfs 
your  Labour  and  Care  in  and  for  the  Church  ;  will 
alfo  loolen  fome  from  thefe  lower  Enjoyments,  and 
ftriving  too  earneftly  after  them,  both  with  refpecl: 
tothe-Gain,and  theGreatnefs  of  this  enticing  World, 
either  for  >  ourfclves  or  your  Pofterity ;  the  Grafp- 
ing  after  which,  has  hindred  divers  amongft  us  from 
being  fo  ferviceable  in  their  Day,  as  they  rr 
have  been  ;  and  not  only  fo,  but  a  Way  hath  been 
opened  thereby  to  greater  Damage,  in  their  be- ' 
coming  Snares  and  Hurts  to  their  OfF-fpring. 

"  And 


C    106    ) 

t(  And  you  \vho  are  Mothers,  keep  in  a  tiligenS 
\vatchfulLabour,  that  the  Youth,  who  general!/ 
are  more  immediately  under  your  Eve,  and  fome- 
times  your  ordering  too,  in  fevcral  Refpe€ts,  may1 
grow  up,  and  be  preferved  in  fuch  Society,  and 
Converfation,  as  is  moft  likely  to  influence  them 
to  love  the  Truth,  Purity,  and  the  Adorning,  and 
Behaviour  agreeable  to  it;  which  is  .the  moft  beau 
tiful  of  all:  And  Fathers  1  ike  wife  fhould  carefully 

unite  together  in  this   Concern. Suffer,  dear- 

l'ri:r;c?st  this  Word  of  Exhortation  to  have  due 
Place  with  you  ;  for  the  pure  Love  from  the  Bo- 
forii  of  the  Further  moves  in  my  Heart  often,  and  at 
this  Time  towards  you. 

"  And  you  tender,  and  concerned  Youth,  who. 
are  very  dear  to  me,  be  encouraged  to  follow  on  to. 
feel  the  humbling  Love  and  Goodnefs  of  God  to  a* 
rife  and  prevail  in  you,  and  to  hope  in  the  Strength 
cf  his  powerful  Arm  ;  which  tho*  it  may  fomeumes* 
lead  thro'   excrcifing  Si  ft  ings,  yet  will  it  carry 
forward  that  bleffed  Work,  and  Way  to  Bleffing, 
iv  hich  is  begun  in  many  amongft  you :  For  I  am  well 
allured,  tiixt  the  Love  and  Favour  of  the  God  of 
JBlcfiings  is  mercifully  extended  towards  the  young 
er  Generation,  to  make   you   fcrviceable  in    his, 
Houfe,  both  Males  and' Females,  and  truly  honour 
able  In  your  Day  :  And  I  have  ftrong  Hopes,  that 
the  Lord  will  raife  up  many  among  you,  who.  often 
•walk  with  heavy,  and  doubtful  Hearts ;  and  make 
you  as  polifhed  Shafts  in  his  mighty  Ha;;d,  andln- 
ftruments  of  honourable  Service  in  the  Church;  to 
the  Comfort  of  many  Souls,  and  the  Spreading  the 
Fame  of  Wifdom  in  the  Earth,  if  you  patiently 
wait  and  depend  upon  the  Sufficiency    of  his  hoi/ 
Power. 

"  And  that  thus,  my  year  Friends,  the  Lord's 
Power  andLoVe  may  be  with  you,  his  own  Life- 
rife  higher  and  higher  among  you,  and  the  Glory 

of 


C    107    ) 

of  the  Reign  and  Government  of  Sign's  King  fhine 
through  you,  in  all  your  Services,  to  the  Glory  of 
the  Lord  God  of  our  Salvation ;    is  the  humble 
Travel  of  my  Spirit,  who  remain  yout*  near  Bro 
ther  in  the  heavenly1  Covenant:  /»;«=£•?/,   JF'xraws!. 
Weft-ferfey,  $lb  *•; 
IkftAfQ.   1722.  JOHN  FOTHERGILL." 

The  i  yth  of  the  i  ft  Month  we  came  over  Dela 
ware  to  Plilxdeipkiit  to  the  Meeting  of  Miniiters,  it 
being  their  Has f-yenrs- meeting,  principally  for 
Worihip,  for  the  Provinces  of  PenvfyfaoLnia  and  the 
Jerfeys  ',  to  which  came  a  great  Number  Friends, 
and  our  gracious  God  was  pleaied  to  favour  the 
Meetings  wLh  his  holy  Preicncc,  and  opened 
many  Things  through  us,  to  their  Comfort  and 
Help ;  tending  to  ftir  up  and  engage  many  Hearts 
to  Diligence  in  following  and  fcrving  the  Lord. 
Friends  parted  In  ThanKfulncls  toward*  him,  and 
true  Nearnefs  one  towards  another. 

After  fome  other  Service  among  Friends  in  the 
City,  and  preparing  for  our  Journey  towards 
New* England,  we  fct  forward,  having  many  Friends 
with  us,  the  2 ad  to  a  Meeting  at  Bvifol ;  where  a 
Man  and  his  Wife,  from  among  the  Seventh-da/ 
BaptiflS)  had  been  convinced  when  we  were  there 
before  :  The  Woman  was  there  now,  and  in  a  ib- 
lid  tender  Frame :  The  Meeting  was,  in  the  main, 
comfortable  and  edifying,  tho*  under  fome  Excr- 
cife  with  a  dull  unfaithful  People. 

The  2jd  we  went  over  the  River  Delaware,  and 
called  to  vifit  a  Friend  (ffbomas  Lambert's  Wife) 
who  had  been  long  indifpofed,  with  whom  we  had 
a  comfortable  Opportunity  ;  we  then  went  for 
ward  to  John  Watts's  at  Stony-brook,,  and  had  a  Meet 
ing  there  that  Evening,  which  was  helpful  and 
feafoning.  The  24th  we  went  to  Join  Kinfefs  at 
e)  and  on  the  2Jth,  being  f  irft-day,  were 

at 


C     r°8     ) 

at  a  Meeting  there,  to  which  came  many  other 
People,  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a  good  and  prevail 
ing  Seafon  among  them.  The  26ih  we  fet  out  to 
wards  Long-Jjlandy  and  on  the  2jth  had  a  Meeting 
at  An&frHtftr,  where  many  Friends  met  us,  and  fe 
veral  other  ProfelTors  came  in  .  And  it  pleafed  the 
Lord  to  give  us  a  good  Time  to  the  Profit  of  many . 
The  28tii  we  were  at  a  large  Meeting  at  Wefliirj^ 
.where  the  Gofpel  Boc~trine  and  Lite  was  freely 
extended  and  declared  in  its  own  Authority,  to  the 
He!p  and  Comfort  of  many. 

The  29111  we  had  a  Meeting  at  JMatmlcock^  where 
many  People  not  of  our  ProfefLon  came  in,  and  a 
bleiled  Opportunity  it  was  made  to  us;  many  Hearts 
being  reached  with  the  Life  of  Truth,  and  were 
bowed  before  the  Lord  God  Almighty.  The  3oth 
at  Ctw-neck  we  had  a  very  larg:e  Meeting  of  divers. 
Profeflors;  and  the  bkfTed  Teftimony  and  hum 
bling  Power  of  Truth,  in  the  Love  of  it,  afieded 
many  Hearts. 

The  3ift  we  called  to  vifit  feveral  Friends,  and 
on  the  ift  of  iJie  fecond  Month  1723,  being  Fifft- 
day,  were  at  Friends  Meeting  at  flujhingi  which 
was  very  large  ;  it  was  a  Time  of  faithful  Warn 
ing  to  fome,  an4  of  folid  Edification  to  many, 
thro*  the  Lord's  Goodnefs. 

The  2d  we  fet  out  on  our  Journey  towards 
Rhode -Jfltwd)  and  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends  at 
Wef-  Chejler  upon  the  Continen%  and  the  3d  at  Rye, 
to  which  feveral  People  came,  and  Truth  favour 
ed  us  with  its  Help  and  living  Prefence  to  our 
Comfort.  The  4th  we  proceeded  on  our  Journey 
towJLrdbConne&icutj  having  that  Place  in  View,  and 
got  on  the  Firit-Day,  which  was  the  8th,  to  a 
Friend's  houfe  (John  Richmond^,  in  Rhode- ]Jl and 
Government,  where  we  had  a  good  little  Meeting 
with  a  few  Friends  and  others  who  came  in.  The 
i.ext  Day  we  vifiied  feveral  Friends  in  our  Way  to 

King- 
, 


C    109    ) 

where  on  the  loth  we  had  a   Meeting, 
to  which   pretty  many  People  gathered,  and  the 
Lord  gave  us  a  good  Time  among  them.     That  E- 
vening  \ve  went  over  to  Conanicot-JJland)  and  had  a 
Meeting  with  Friends  there,  and  on  the  next  Day 
in  the  Evening  we  came  to  Newport  in  Abode- JFftan49 
and  were  the  izth  at   the  Meeting  tkere,  which 
was  pretty  large  and  comfortable.     The    i$th   we 
"went  to  Portfmoutb  to  Friends  Quarterly-meeting 
for  the  Bufinefs  of  the  Church  ;  wherei»  Truth 
was  renewedly  prefent  in  Counfel  and  Help  under 
fome  Exercife  attending  Friends,  from  fomc  brittle 
unfettled  Spirits  ;  but  the  Power  of  God  was  over 
all  in  a  good  Degree,  to  the  Comfort  of  the  Right- 
ininckd.     The  next  Day  we  were  at  their  Meet 
ing  for  Miniftersand  Elders,  and  came  from  thence 
to  Newport,  and  on  the  i$th,  being  Firft-day,  we 
•were  at  the  Meeting  there,  which  was  very  large  ; 
and   the  Lord's    Power  and   glorious  Tcftimony 
reached  eminently    forth,  making  profitable  Im- 
preihons  on  many  Hearts,  to  the  Glory  and  Praife 
of  the  Lord  our  God,  who  alone  is  worthy  for 
ever. 

The  1 6th  we  went  to  a  Meeting  appointed  at  Ti- 
•vertonzij'.  Wanton'^  to  which  came  pretty  many 
Friends  and  others  \  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a  good 
Opportunity,  in  the  Ability  of  his  Power   to  de 
clare  the  Truth,  and  its  holy   Teftimony  was  cx- 
^aked  over  all  earthly  and  loofe  Spirits.     The  lytli 
we  had  a    Meeting  at  little  Ccwptc#t    wherein  the 
TeiHmony    of  the  everlafting  Truth  went  freely 
and  powerfully  over  the  Loofc  and  Lukewarm,  to 
the  Awakening  of  fome  ;  and  much  to  the  Encou 
ragement,  of  the  living  Travellers  for  Truth's  Prof- 
perity  .     The  Day  following  we  had  a  good  and 
ily  edifying  Meeting  at   Coar.fet,  and  the  next 
•  yrioil.-j;-  V;TV  larcr"    one   -t   Fwiganfgt  ;  and  a 

blcfl^ii 


no 

bleflcd  Time  it  was,  in  the  frefli   Extending  and 
Prcvalcncy  of  the  Lord's  Pow^r. 

The  zoth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Rocbtfttr,  which  . 
thro*  the  gracious  Attendance  of  the  Power  of 
Truth  was  made  a  good  Opportunity  to  many,  and 
the  Lord's  holy  Name  was  magnified.     The  21  ft 
•we  vifited  a  Family  of  Friends  in  the  Way,  where 
we  had  fomc  good  Service,  and  went  to  Sandwich. 
The  aid,  being  Fir  ft  day,  we  were  at  the  Mee*- 
lag  there,    wherein  the  great  Duty   and  Advan 
tage  of  loving  God  and  his  Tru'ch,    in  Sincerity  of" 
'Heart  on  one  Hand  ;  and  the  Mifchief  and  Hurc 
with  Rcfpecl:  to  Religion,  by   loving  the  World, 
the  Things  and  Spirit  [hereof,  on  the  other,  were 
largely  declared  ,  to  the  Help  and  Stirring-up   of 
inany  Mindi,  the  Exaltation  of  the  Power  of  Truth, 
and  the  Praife  of  the  Lord  God  Almighty. 

The  2  jd  we  had  a  Meeting  near  this  Place,  at 
the  Hou(c  of  a  Perfon  erho  wai  indifpofed,  to  which 
fevcral  who  did  not  profefs  with  us  came,  and  the 
Lord  was  pleafed  to  own  us  in  his  Power  and  Good- 
iicfs,  greatly  to  our  Satisfaction,  and  to  the  Com 
fort  of  many.     The  2 4-th  we  had  a  Meeting. near 
ITamwHib  among  a  few  Friends,  and  feveral  others 
%vho  teemed  to  attend  to  the  Teiiimony   of  Truth 
lyith  Diligence;  but  it  went  fonhagainft  a  loofe 
negligent  Spirit  that  was  given  way  to,  by  divers 
tailed  Friends  here-awuy,  much  ro  the  Dishonour  of 
Truth  ;  yet  we  were  comforted  in  the  Lord  who 
helped  us.     The  z$th  we  were  at  Friends  Meeting 
at  Sandwich  again,  wherein  the  Lord  opened  our 
Hearts  and  Mouths  in  Counfcl  and  Admonition,  allb. 
in  Encouragement  to  the  Honeft-hcarted  ;  and  gave 
us  a  bleflfed  Opportunity    together   to  his  Glor/ 
and  Praife,  who  is  alone  worthy  for  ever. 

The  z6th  we  went  to  Succanejjett  where  was  gi- 
tbercd   a  pretty   large  Meeting    of  Frienda  and 
i  and  the  Tcilimony  of  Truth  and  Righ- 


C    i"    C 

teoafhefs,  in  the  LOYC  and  Power  of  drift, 
cd  freely  among  them,  both  to  Inform,  reprove  and, 
confirm  in  the  Way  of  Righreoufnels,  to  the  Pro 
fit  of  feveral,  and  our  Comfort.  The  next  Da/ 

*  tre  rode  to  Pmbroke%  and  on  the  2Qth,  bciri^  Firft* 
I  day,  were  at  Friends  Meeting  there,    in  which  the 
I  Lord  was  near  to  help  us  in  his  Service  ;   tho'  w* 
I  found  thar  a  great  Deal  of  Dulnefsand  Indiffcrcncy 
|  about  Religion,   had  prevailed    among  Friends ; 
I  whereof  the?  were  warned,  and  ftirrcd  tip  to  con- 
|  &der  its  Tendency,  and  to  be  more  careful  in  fcel- 
i  ing  after  the  Power  and  Life  of  Truth  in  them-. 
!l~Ives;  And  we  had  our  Regard  of  Peace  and 

Jiweetncfsin  the  Love  of  God. 

The  3oth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Situate >  to  which, 
£ame  many  fobcr  People,  and  the  Gofpel-powcr. 
and  Tcftimony  rofc  and  went  forth  among  them, 
freely,  to  the  great  Satisfaction  and  Comfort  of  di 
vers.  We  took  our  Leave  of  Friends  there,  and 

•  came  up  to  Pembroke  again,  and  from  thence  to. 
Jcfepb  Eddy's  near  Vauntoyi,  where  on  the  id  of  the1 
"[Third  Month  we  had  a  bleffed  and  epen  Meeting, 

;  Kith  the  few  Friends  there  ;  many  People  not  pro-' 

;  fcifing  with  us  came  in,  who  feemed  much  fatisfied 

\  with  the  Teftimonies  delivered.     The  3d  we  had 

a  Meeting  with  Friends  at  Uri]\jam  Chafe's  at  Swan- 

zey,  wherein  the  Lord's  Goodncls  was  manifeftedy 

!  much  to  our  Comfort ;  and  the  next  Day  we  had  a. 

Meeting  over  a  great  River,  in  a  Place  called  Fair-. 

3~ownt  where  few  Friends  live,  but  a  confiderablc, 

Number  of  other  People  came,    and  heard  the 

Truth  declared  attentively  ;  but  in  general   they. 

are  a  hard  dark  People.     We  came  over  the  River 

again,  and  went  towards  Providence  Woods,  where 

on  the  6rh,  being  Firft-day,  \rc  were  at  a   large 

Meeting  in  Friends  Meeting-  houfe  near  this  Place, 

and  Truth  helped  us  to  declare  the  Way  of  Life  and 

Salvation,  among  a  wild  raw  People  who  camein^ 

P  2,  and 


C 

and  the  Religidufly- minded  were  comforted  and  en 
couraged,  the  Life  of  Truth  feeming  low,  among  ' 
them.  The  next  Day  we  went  towards  Mendam, 
•where  on  the  8th  we  had  a  Meeting,  in  which  \ve^ 
had  a  good  and  profitable  Seaibn  in  the  Love  of 
God  ;  and  on  the  9th  were  at  the  Monthly  -  meeting 
of  Friends  in  the  upper  Part  of  Providence^  wherein 
the  Lord  opened  Counfel  in  his  living  Power,  and 
gave  us  a  good  and  heavenly  Time  with  Friends 
and  ieveral  others.  Friends  afterwards  went  thro? 
their  Bufinefs  in  Peace,  and  we  had  fonie  Service 
•with  them  therein,  to'their  Help. 

The  loth  we  came  down  to  Benjamin  Smitb\ 
vifiting  fcveral  Friends  in  OUT  Way,  and  on  the 
nth  we  had  a  Meeting  in  the  Town,  to  which 
came  many  fober  People,  and  the  Lord's  Power 
and  Gofpel-tcftimony  went  freely  forth,  in  a  ten- 
lie  ring  Manner ;  we  had  a  good  Service,  and  the 
feople  were  glad  of  the  Opportunity.  We  went 
that  Kight  to  fParwfcb,  where  we  were  at  a  large 
Yearly-meeting  on 'the  izth,  to  -which  came  many 
of  other  Profeiiions,  and  the  Lord's  Power  and 
blefledTeftimony  reached  freely,  and  was  cftablifli- 
cd  over  ajl,  to  Friends  Satisfaction.  The  i3th  we 
v/ent  to  GretwwiKb,  where  a  Yearly -meeting  began 
that  Day,  and  was  held  the  following.  The  Meet 
ing  was  very  large,  many  Hundreds  of  People  being 
gathered,  fo  that  the  Houfe  could  not  contain 
them :  Wherefore  we  kept  the  Meeting  in  a 
Friend's  Orchard,  and  tho'  there  was  a  great  Mul 
titude  of  young  wild  People,  yet  the  Lord's  bJeifcd 
Prefence  and  glorious  Power,  favoured  the  Meet 
ing,  and  the  Teftimony  and  Dp&rine  of  the  Gof- 
pel  was  declared  in  great  Dread,  and  went  orer 
moft  there,  fUlling  the  Spirits  of  the  People  won 
derfully.  And  it  was  made  an  alarming  Seafon  ta 
theCarelefs  and  Forgetful ;  a  tender  Vihtation^  to 
many  of  the  Youth,  and  a  Time  of  Screngthning 

of 


C     "3     ) 

of  the  Hearts  of  the  true  Seekers  ofZ/o»*s  Profpen- 
ty,  to  the  Glory  and  Praifc  of  the  Lord  God,  who" 
is  worthy  for  ever. 

The  1 5th  we  went  up  into  the  Woods  to  fjbmacl 
Sink's  to  a  Meeting,  where  feveral  friendly  Peo 
ple  were  met,  and  we  had  a  good  Opportunity  with 
them.  The  1 6th  we  went  farther  back  into  the 
Wildcrnefs,  to  a  new  fettled  Place  called  Folintoivn^ 
having  fent  to  have  a  Meeting  appointed  there  for 
that  Day  ;  but  very  few  of  the  People  came  to  it, 
being  very  rainy  :  The  Lord  was  plcafed  to  open 
his  Hand  of  Love  amongft  us  in  the  little  Meeting 
•we  had,  to  our  Comfort  and  the  Peoples  Satis 
faction  ;  we  went  that  Night  to  another  Town 
where  were  no  Friends,  and  on  the  lyth  we  had  a 
Meeting  there,  in  which  the  Lord  our  God  was 
gracioufly  near,  and  opened  us  in  the  Life  and 
Doctrine  of  the  Gofpel  to  our  great  Comfort ;  the 
People  were  very  loving,  and  feemed  much  fatis- 
fied.  The  i8th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  theHoufc  of  one 
not  a  Friend,  and  who  was  defirous  thereof,  where 
the  Lord's  Power  reached  forth  freely,  and  the 
Teftimony  of  Truth  prevailed  to  our  mutual  Com 
fort.  The  next  Day  we  came  to  V^ill'tam  Robinfon's 
at  Kintrfton,  and  on  the  loth,  being  Firft-day,  we 
were  at  Friends  Reefing  there,  and  Notice  having 
been  given  fome  time  before,  feveral  Friends  from. 
Other  Places,  and  many  of  the  Country  People  came 
in  ;  fo  that  it  was  a  very  large  Meeting,  and  the 
Teftimony  of  Truth  went  forth  among  them  in 
great  Dread ;  tending  to  awaken  them  out  of  a  floth- 
ful  Eafe,  which  many  in  that  Country  had  long  fat 
down  in;  feveral  of  them  having  been  convinced 
fome  Years,  but  fliunned  the  Crofs  of  Chrift :  And 
a  Meeting  of  good  Service  it  was  made,  in  the  Lov* 
and  Mercy  of  God,  and  much  to  our  Satisfaction. 

Being  clear  of  thefe  Parts  at  prefcnt,  we  went 
along  with  Friend  sever  a  Water  to  Gw*#/V0f,  to 

£>**/* 


C    »4    5 

Dtvitl  Gnen\  and  on  the  1 1  ft  we  croffcd  another 
Ferry  to  Newport  ;  and  there  a  Paflage  offering, 
we  fct  out  directly  for  Nantucket-Jjlar:dt    whither 
we  then  inclined,  and  got  there,  thro*  the  Care  of  di 
vine  Providence,  the  next  Day  in  good  Time,  but 
wearied  with  hard  Travelling,  and  poor  Lodging; 
but  all  was  weii,  Truth  being  with  us,  and  iwect- 
ened  all.     We  lodged  at  Nathwael  Starbtick's,  and 
ftaid  a  Week  upon  the  liland,  having  fcveral  large 
public  Meetings,  and  many  othcirsin  fever.il  Families; 
and  the  Lord  Almighty  wai  pleafed  to  own  and  at 
tend  us   with  his  living,  ftrengthning  Power,  and 
holyCounfel,  for  the  icveral  Services,  to  the  Glory 
of  his  own  Name ;  and  bleffed  our  Labour,   to  the, 
great  Comfort  and  Help  of  Friends,  and  the  Satis-. 
ia6tion  of  many  of  the  People,  who  came  freely  and 
pretty  generally  to  our  Meetings,  efpecially  on  the. 
FSrft-tiay  of  the  Week  :  And  we  took  our  Leave  of 
Friendi  in  much  Swcetnefs  and  Ncarnefs  of  Spirit 
in  the  Love  of  God,  with  true  Thankfulnefs  of 
Heart  to  him,  for  the  Help   and  Comfort,  of  his 
living  and  glorious  Prc fence. 

Tnc  zgth  we  fct  out  for  the  Main  Land  again, 
accompanied  by  fcvcnal  Friends  in  a  Sloop,  and  gos 
vcllaftiore,  and  were  the  301  h  at  Friends  Week 
day  Meeting  at  Ponigarftt.  The  31(1  we  went  to. 
*TbffmAs  fj*ib*uMy'*  at  Cujlanet,  and  on  tJie  next 
Day,  which  was  the  ift  of  the  Fourth  Month,  we 
had  a  pretty  large  Meeting  there  of  Friends  and 
others  ;  with  whom  we  had  a  profitable,  informing 
Scafon  in  the  Power  of  Truth,  but  very  heavy  and 
ffcrait  amongft  fuch  as  might  have  trecn  a  Comfort. 
The  3d  we  were  at  the  Meeting  ztPonipanfet  ag.-un, 
Vrhcre  moftof  thofe  in  that  Part  of  the  Country, 
and  fomc*Friends  from  a  great  Diftance,  met  to 
gether  ;  anditpleafed  thcLord  of  Mercies  lo  to  help, 
us  with  Power  and  Wifdom,  that  the  Doctrine  of 
the  Kingdom,  in  the  Life  of  Truth  went  freely 

forth 


C     "5    ) 

forth  and  prevailed  in  a  good  Mcafure  over 
Hearts,  and  the  Lord's  Name  was  magnified,  being 
worthy  for  ever. 

The  4th  we  went  to  Swavzw,  thro'  the  Woods 
and  bad  Way,  to  Jofepb  C^/e's,  and  were  the  next; 
Day  at  a  large  Meeting,  where  a  Marriage  of  two 
youne  People  wai  folcmmz,ed  ;  a  confiderabicNum- 
ber  of  People  of  different  Profcfiions  came  to  i% 
and  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  magnify  hi*  own 
Name  andTcftimony  to  our  Comfort. 

The  6th  we  went  towards  Rhode- yiavid*  and  the 
next  Day  were  at  the  Yearly-meeting  ztl  &rtfmc*tb9 
wherein  the  Father  of  all  Mercies  greatly  owned 
us  with  his  Power,  encouraging  to  hojpe  for  his 
Help  for  the  Service  of  the  other  Partofthc  Meet 
ing,  which  was  held  at  Newport ,  to  which  -Place 
•we  went  that  Night.  On  the  8th  the  Meeting  ga- 
thcr'd  at  Newport,  and  continued  four  Days  ;  it  was 
fuppofed  to  be  the  largeft  that  was  ever  held  there ; 
it  being  computed,  that  near  Two  Thoufknd  People 
'were  prefent ;  and  the  Lord  Almighty,  the  never- 
failing  Helper  of  his  depending  Children,  graci- 
ouily  opened  his  glorious  Gofpel  Teftimony  to  the 
People  freely  and  plentifully,  in  the  Dcmonflration 
of  his  eternal  Power  and  VVifdom,  greatly  to  the 
Comfort  and  Confirmation  of  many  Souii;  There 
appeared  to  be  a  general  Satisfaction,  and  awful 
Keverence  on  the  Minds  of  People :  Divers 
Matters  caroc  under  the  Consideration  of  Friends, 
relating  to  die  Propagation  pf  Truth  and  Righte-- 
ouihefs,  and  the  comely  Order  of  the  Gofpel,  in 
the  Meetings  for  Bufmcfs ;  all  which  were  carried 
on  in  Peace  arid  Amity,  and  the  great  and  moll 
worthy  Name  of  the  Lord  was  magnified  over  all. 
After  this  Meeting  was  ever,  \ve  iet  forward  to 
wards  Bcflor.,  and  the  Eaft,  and  came  to 
ih«  i  zth;  yi/iting  fcyeral  Friends  in  the 


C 

The  ijth  we  went  to  Vaunton^  where  we  had 
appointed  a  Meeting  at  Jofepb  Eddfs,  to  which  ma 
ny  Friend's  accompanied  us,  and  a  pretty  many 
People  likewise  came  in  ;  fo  that  we  kept  our 
Meeting  in  a  Barn,  and  had  a  good  open  Sea  for  j, 
and  the  Word  of  Life  went  freely  forth  to  the  Peo 
ple,  who  feemed  to  hearken  with  Gladnefs,  and 
the  Life  of  Truth  affected  many  Hearts  with  folid 
Comfort.  After  Meeting  we  went  about  feven 
Miles,  and  got  the  i^thtoBofton,  where  we  had  a 
Meeting  that  Day,  to  which  a  con(iderable  Num 
ber  of  People  came,  and  Truth  favoured  us  with  a 
pretty  open  Time. 

-  The  i  jth  we  went  to  Lynn,  where  we  had  a 
large  Meeting,  in  which  the  Power  of  the  Lord 
God,  and  the  holy  Tcftimony  of  Truth  went  forth 
eminently  againlt  a  dull,  carnal  Mind,  and 
worldly  libertine  Inclination,  which  prevailed  too 
much  ;  and  for  the  Purity  and  faving  Nature  of 
the  Golpel;  and  many  Hearts  were  comforted. 
We  went  to  Salem  the  Day  following,  and  on 
the  1 7th,  being  Firft-day,  we  had  two  large  Meet 
ings  there  ;  feveral  fatherly-inclined  People  came 
in,  and  thro*  the  Goodnefs  and  Love  of  God, 
Truth's  Teftimouy  and  Power  was  exalted,  to  the 
Refreshing  of  many  Hearts,  and  the  Awakening  of 
others  to  more  religious  Confiderations ;  fo  that 
the  Lord's  Caufe  gained  Ground  over  worldly  Eafe 
and  Darknefs  in  fomc  good  Degree,  bleffed  be  his 
powerful  Name  for  ever. 

The  1 8th  we  went  to  dewberry \  and  on  the  ipth 
we  had  a  Meeting  near  the  Middle  of  the  Town,  in 
a  Warehoufe  belonging  to  Captain  Brown  (focal- 
led)  who  offered  it  freely,  and  was  very  loving  to 
us:  Many  of  the  TownVPeople  came  in  and  about 
the  Houle,  fome  appearing  afraid  to  come  in  ;  yet 
the  Word  of  Life,  and  Teitimony  of  Jefus,  was  e- 
manifeft  among  us  in  the  Love  of  God,  and 


(  II?  ) 

I  'ad  a  fatisfaftory  Reach  and  Impreffion  upon  many : 
VVe  parted  with  much  Chearfulnefs,  and  our  Hearts 
were  made  truly  glad,  in  that  the  Word  of  Truth 
prevailed  among  them. 

On  the  xcth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Ffaveril  at  Ro- 

Isrt  Peti/l*y'$t  to  which  a  pretty  many  People  came, 

ar»d  we  had  a  good  Seafon  among  them,  Truth   in 

.  Parr  prevailing.     The  21  ft  we  were  at  a  Meeting 

at   ElnskKrvi     which  was  pretty   large,    it  being 

Friends  Monthly -meeting  for  the  Affairs  of  the 

Church;  and  it  was  a  profitable,  awakening  and 

edifying  Time  ;  the  living  Power  of  Truth   being 

1  nwnitcftly  among  Friends  to  our  Comfort.     . 

The  2zd  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Hampton*  which, 
tho'  much  Dainefs  and  Flatnefs  of  Spirit  had  pre 
vailed  upon  divers,  yet  thro'  the  blcfled  Attend 
ance  of  the  Lord's  Counftl  and  Power,  we  had  a 
profitable  Seafon.  We  went  the  next  Day  to  Do 
ver  to  Friends  Monthly -meeting,  and  on  the  24th » 
being  Fir  ft  day,  we  were  at  the  Meeting  again* 
where  fome  fober  People  were  gathered  vritli 
Friends,  and  the  Power  and  Tcftimony  of  Truth 
was  Aveetly  manifeft  among  usthro1  divine  Favour. 

The  ijd'i  we  travelled  thro'  a  long  difmal  Wil-' 
dernefs,  to  a  Town  called  fpelis,  being  defirous  of 
having  a  Meeting  there,  which  was  held  the  z6th.- 
But  the  People  were  very  ihy  of  Friends,  thro* 
the  crafty  and  falfe  Infinuauons  of  the  Priells,  who 
neverthelefs  did  not  appear  while  we  were  there. 
We  lodged  at  an  Inn  that  Night,  in  our  Way  to 
Torkr  at  which  Place .  we  alfo  inclined  to  have  a 
Meeting  ;  and  the  zyth,  wich  pretty  much  en 
deavouring,  we  got  Liberty,  and  had  a  little  Meet 
ing  :  Several  People  carne  in  and  fat  quietly,  others 
carne  about  the  Roufe,  but  feemed  afraid  to  come 
in  ;  yet  it  pleafed  the  Lord  to  own  us,  and  to  o- 
j>en  in  the  Word  of  Life,  ib  that  divers  appeared, 
much  fati&fied,  and  were  loving  to  us ;  We  cama 

that 


C     "3     ) 

that  Evening  to  J.  Mrrill's  at  Kittery,  and  on  the 
28th  went  doWby  Water,  near  the  Mouth  of 
Pi  feat  away,  and  had  a  Meeting  at  a  Place  called 
the  Point)  with  a  considerable  Number  of  People, 
no  Friends  living  there-away  ;  and  the  glorious 
Gofpel,  both  in  Doctrine  and  living  Power,  went 
over  all;  many  were  affected  with  Truth,  and 
the  Name  of  the  Lord  was  magnified. 

The  zQth  we  had  a  Meeting  at  the  Town  called 
PvrtfmoMtb,  in  an  Inn,  where  Abundance  of  People 
gathered,  and  were  in  general  very  attentive  and 
fober  ;  and  the  Lord's  Glory  and  heavenly  Tefti- 
mony  arofe  a:-d  prevailed  over  the  Hearts  of  moft 
prefent,  many  of  them  freely  confcfTmg  it  was 
the  Trgth  which  was  declared ;  and  we  were  truly 
comfohed  in  the  God  of  Strength.  We  went  that 
Evening  to  Kittery>  and  on  the  3oth  came  back  to 
Hampton  to  the  Quarterly-meeting  of  Friends  which 
began  that  Day,  and  we  had  a  good  Seafon  in  the 
Love  of  God,  among  the  Minifters  and  Elders. 

The  i ft  of  the  Fifth  Month,  being  Firtf-day, 
we  had  a  ver/  large  Meeting  both  of  Friends  and 
many  others,  and  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  magnify 
his  own  Power  and  Teftimony  in  divers  Refpecbs, 
greatly  to  the  Help  and  Edification  of  Friends,  and 
Satisfaction  to  the  General ;  and  he  had  the  Praife 
of  his  own  Work,  who  i.s  worthy  for  ever.  The 
zd  I  was  at  the  Meeting  for  Bufinefs,  where  I  (raid 
a.  Part  of  the  Meeting,  and  was  opened  in  divers 
"weighty  Exhortations,  and  to  recommend  to  Friends 
more  particular  Care,  fome  hindering  Things 
which  were  creeping  in  among  them,  that  they 
might  watch  in  their  rcfpeftive  Places  againft  the 
Corruptions  of  the  World;  and  took  my  Leave  of 
the  Meeting,  and  rode  to  the  Burial  of  a  Friend's 
Wife,  whither  a  great  Number  of  People  came 
•who  had  never  been  at  a  Friends  Meeting  before  ; 
with  whom  the  Lord  gave  me  a  blcflVd  Time,  to 

«  their 


C     "9     ) 

their  great  SatLfa&ion,  and  to  our  Comfort.' 
And  then  went  to  the  Grove  about  Five  Miles  far 
ther,  where  many  People  came,  and  there  aifo 
the  Word  and  Way  of  Life,  was  livingly  fet  forth, 
and  they  ftaid  with  great  Attention. 

The  3d  we  got  up  early,  and  rode  Thirty -four 
.Miles  to  a  Meeting  beyond  Pifcataway-river^  where 
\ve  had  a  blelTed  Seafon  in  the  Life  and  Power  of 
God  to  preach  the  Truth  ;  and  ieveralof  the  Peo 
ple  were  deeply  affedted  with  it.  We  went  that 
Night  to  Francis  Allen's  in  Kittery,  and  the  4th  had 
a  Meet  ing  in  Newicbayvartnack)  at  a  Friend's  Houfe  ; 
to  which  came  feverai  other  People,  tho'  greatly 
afraid  on  Account  of  the  Priefts ;  yet  the  Teftimo- 
ny  of  Truth  in  the  Love  of  God,  went  freely  forth 
among  them,  and  divers  were  tenderly  affected . 

The  5th  we  were  at  Friends  Meeting  at  Dwer9 
where  we  had  a  good  Opportunity,  the  Life  of 
Trurh,  and  divine  Part  of  Religion  was  earneftly 
recommended,  and  prevailed  ;  and  the  Slothful, 
Idle  and  Remifs  were  warned  and  admoniilied.  The 
6th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Kecheacly.,  at  Ebenezer- 
f'arney's,  wherfi  many  of  the  neighbouring  People 
came  in,  and  ftiid  with  great  and  folemn  Atten 
tion,  to  hear  the  everlafting  Gofpel  declared, 
v/hereunto  the  Lord  furnifhed  us  in  his  living  Pow 
er  ;  and  Truth  was  exalted  to  general  Satisfaction, 
blefled  be  the  Lord  God  for  ever.  Tiie  next  Day 
v/e  vifited  feverai  Friends  Families,  and  on  the 
8th,  being  Firft-day,  were  at  Friends  Meeting  a- 
g.iin,  where  Abundance  of  the  Country -people  were 
gathered  from  ail  Parts  there-about,  and  the  Lord 
was  pleafed  to  own  us  with  his  living  Prefence, 
and  opened  our  Hearts  in  the  Things  of  Salvation 
i:i  many  Refpe6ts,  which  went  forth  freely  to  the 
Meeting  in  much  Piainnefs,  and  living  D^mon- 
&  ration,  to  the  Efiabliihrnent  and  Information  of 
ir: any  Souls ;  fame  were  convinced  of  the  Truth, 
2  and 


C 

and  brought  to  tafte  of  its  Goodnefs,  who  I  hope 
will  continue  to  walk  in  it :  It  was  a  Day  of  good 
Service  for  the  Lord,  thro'  his  gracious  Help,  who 
has  the  Glory  of  all :  The  o.th,  being  about  to 
depart  from  this  Place,  many  Friends  ca;r,o  to  fee 
and  take  Leave  of  us,  with  wliom  we  had  a  heaven 
ly  bowing  Time,  in  the  Life  of  Truth,  which  was 
plentifully  with  us,  greatly  to  our  Comforc,  and 
uniting  our  Hearts  in  the  Feilowfhip  of  Truth. 
We  parted  with  many  Friends  there,  and  orhsrs 
accompanied  us  to  Stretfiam,  where  a  Meeting  was 
apppcinred  at  a  Friend's  Houfe  ;  to  which  divers 
01  die  neighbouring  People  came,  v/ho  were  much 
Strangers  to  Truth  ;  we  hid  ibme  Service  amon^; 
thim,  and  came  away  with  true  Satisfaction,  ia 
the  Peace  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

The  loth  we  had  a  large  Meeting  at  Elmsbury  a- 
gain,  v/hich  greatly  tended  to  our  Comfort,  to  eu-< 
courage  the  Living,  and  to  awaken  fonic  fluggifh, 
unfaithful  Profeflors,  and  to  the  Winning  upon  the' 
Hearts  of  many  cf  the  Youth  :  feme  of  the  neigh 
bouring  People  teemed  much  fatisfied,  and  it  was  a 
Time  of  good  Service  for  the  Tru:h,  in  the  Lord's 


Love  and  Power,  to  the  Kelp  of  the  Family   and' 
our  Comfort. 

The  i  ith  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Ne&leny,  where 
in  the  Lord  greatly  owned  us  in  his  Love  ancl 
Counfel,  for  chc  Spreading  of  Truth,  and  to  the 
folid  Comfort  of  Friends  in  general.  On  the  izt'i 
\ve  had  a  Meeting  at  fyfwich,  with  a  fober  innocent 
Woman  Friend,  her  Children,  and  fome  of  the 
-Keig'ibours,  together  with  fcvcral  Friends  who 
accompanied  and  met  us  here,  and  had  a  fatisfac^o- 
ry  S^afon  among  them.  The  ijth  we  were  at  a 
;  ::£  a:  S.:kn:t  where  the  Lord  opened 

many 


many  clofe  ard  weighty  Things  to  Friends  in  the 
icnfe  of  the  Life  of  Truth,  tending  to  their 
Grov/th  in  Rightcoufnefs,  and  Prefer  nation  in  the 
Life  and  Subirance  of  Religion,  and  helped  me  to 
c 'fcharge  my  Spirit  faithfully,  and  to  a  great  De 
gree  of  inward  Liberty  and  Comfort,  bierTcd  be 
his  holy  Name  for  ever.  . 

Finding  fome  Engagement  remain,  and  revive 
upon  my  Spirit  towards  Dover  again,  I  could  not 
be  eafy  without  returning  back  ;  therefore  leaving 
my  Companion,  and  having  another  Friend  *Uu 
me,  we  rode  to  Dover  the  Seventh  day,  tho*  it  was 
extream  hot  Weather,  and  we  had  leveral  large  Fer 
ries  to  croft,  and  got  to  Jofaj  Kenny's  in  good  Time. 
And  on  the  i5th  being  Fir  ft  day,  met  with  Friends 
•who  were  abundantly  glad  of  my  Return,  divers 
Signifying  their  Expectations  of  my  coming  again ; 
and  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  give  us  a  good  and 
confirming  Meeting,  much  to  the  Help  of  many,  e- 
fpecially  of  fome  tender-fpirited  People,  who  had 
been  reached  by  the  Love  and  Power  of  Trulh 
when  we  were  there  before. 

The  1 6th  I  had  a  large  and  prevailing  Meeting 
at  Offer-river,  in  the  Power  and  Goodneft  of  the 
Lord,  wherein  many  Hearts  were  affected  with 
Reverence  and  Worship  to  the  Almighty  ;  but  I 
believe  the  evil  Spirit  was  difturbed,  andiHrred  up 
a  We  man  to  make  a  Jangle  and  Clamour  again  ft 
the  Truth  and  Friends,  but  not  being  able  to  fheur 
any  Thir.g  from  Scripture,  either  againft  what  was 
delivered  there  that  Day,oragainfl  us  in  any  Thing, 
which  I  defircd  her  to  make  appear  if  Ihe  could  ; 
the  People  generally  blamed  her,  and  v.-ould  have 
had  her  been  quiet,  for  Truth  prevailed  that  Day 
in  many  Minds.  The  i7th  I  went  to  a  Meeting  I 
liad  appointed  at  Spruce-Creek,  where  divers  fobe'r- 
i  -;olined  People  came  in,  much  Strangers  to  the 
Truth,  and  its  Daftrine  \  and  :he  Lord  gave  us  a 

good 


C 

good  Seafon,  in  the  Ability  of  his  Power  :  Several 
of  the  People  were  very  tender,  and  I  believe 
feme  will  be  gathered,  ere  it  be  long,  to  the 
Knowledge  of  the  Truth. 

The  1 8th  I  vifked  fome  Friends  Families,  and, 
on  the  ipih  had  a  Meeting  at  Andrew  Ideal's  in 
flewicbawannAck,  which  was  made,  in  the  Extei  Hi- 
ings  of  divine  Favour, 'a  good  Seafon>  to  the  Help 
and  Comfort  of  many,  both  Friends  and  fome 
Strangers.  The  zoth  I  had  a  Meeting  in  KecleacbyY 
at  y'ofepb  /fiis's  near  the  Prieft's  Houfe  ;  many  of 
ivlioie  Hearers  came  in,  and  feveral  were  much  af- 
fecled  with  the  Life  and  Doctrine  of  the  Gofbel,. 
v  Inch  I  had  to  bear  Teftimony  of,  and  the  Truth 
gained  Ground  to  our  Comfort,  and  the  Glory  of 
God.  We  went  up  to 'flwipai/tjanfon's  that  Night,. 
to  be  fome  Encouragement  to  the  Family  to  keep 
their  Places,  and  their  Trull  in  the  Arm  of  the 
Lord,  and  furc  Defence  of  his  Pecplc,  it  being  at 
thut  Time  ftrongly  reported,  that  the  Imiitws  were 
on  the  Point  of  commencing  Holtiiitics  againft  the 
FjKprliJI},  and  the  People  were  generally  gathering 
to  Garrifons,  this  Country  being  alrroft  a  Frontier 
that  VV  ay .  We  had  a  good  Seafon  that  Evening 
in  his  Houfe  ;  there  were  two  young  Women  pre- 
fent  who  had  been  convinced  where  I  was,  fome 
few  Meetings  before,  and  they  v/crc  very  tender 
and  humble,  with  fome  other  young  People  who 
came  in  ;  fo  that  it  was  a  profitable  edifying  Seafon, 
in  the  Senfe  of  ftrccgthning  Life  from  the  Lord 
God.  The  2 1  ft  I  was  at  Friends  Monthly  -meeting, 
where  many  Friends  gathered,  and  it  was  a  good 
confirming  Time ;  the  Love  and  Goodneis  of 
Truth  bcirg  very  near,  both  to  help  the  truly 
Needy,  and  the  Stirring-up  oi"  the  Unfaithful  and 
Negligent. 

The  azd,  being  Firft  day,  I  was  at  Frier ds 
Meeting  at  Dover t  wh^re  gathered  Abundance1  of 

People 


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People  of  many  Sorts,  and  our  blefled  and  never- 
failing  Helper  was  gracioufly  regardful  of  his  own 
Work,  and  owned  us  with  his  1s.  .'in 

form  the  Unlearned,  to  warn  the  Rebcjlicus  and 
Negligent,  to  ftrcngthcn  the  Travellers,  the  . 
and  the  Tender  ;  very  much  humbling  Impreliion 
having  been  made  upon  many  young  People  there- 
away  :  We  had  fome  -precious  fVeet  Seafons,  in  the 
Extendings  of  the  Life  of  Truth  that  Evening 
among  Friends  in  fome  Families. 

The  23d  I  came  to  f/amjtton,  accompanied   with 
many  Friends,  and  had  a  good  fettling  and  reviving 
Meeting,  in  the1  Senfe  of  divine  Love,  and  parted 
well,  and  near  one  another.     The   24th  I  had  a 
large  and  bleffed  Meeting  at  ffaveril,  at  Rcbevt  Pea- 
'Sj  and  took  Leave  of  Friends  there-away,  under 
a  weighty  and  tendering  Degree  of  the  Love  and 
Life  of  Chrilt  our  Lord.     The  zjth,  after'  fome 
time  of  weighty  Exhortation,  and  tender  Salutation 
to  the  Family  and  Children,  which  was  a  comfort 
able  Seufon,  bleffed  be  the  Lord  our  God  for  ever, 
I  fct  out  towards  Salsmy  and  had  fome  Service  at  an 
•'Inn  by   the  Way,  to  declare  the  Truth  and   the 
!  Way  of  its  Working;  of  which  the  People   had 
I  never  heard  fo  much   before,  and  leemed  glad  of 
jthe'Opportunity,  and  I  was  comforted  in  the  Love 
jof  Gcd,  which  was  with  us  fweetly. 

The  z6thl  was  at  Friends  Meeting  at  Sakm  ag;iin, 
!n<K  finding  I  could  pafs  eafy  by  it,  tho*  I  thought  I 
ha-d  been  clear   before,  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a 
good  Time,  to  the  Refrerhii%  of  many,   and   his 
great  Name  was  glorified.     The  zytli  I  had  a  Meet 
ing  ia  Lynn  at  a  Friend's  Houfe,  at  the  Requeft  of 
:  fome  of  his  Neighbours  ;   it  was  a  good  open  Time, 
i  in  ihe  Love  of  Truth,  which  flowed  towards  fome, 
I  in  clear  Doctrine  and  S\veetnefs,    but  dole  and 
;  humbling  Warning  to  fome  deeceitful  Profcflbrs ; 

forne 


(     "4     ) 

fotne  good  ImprefTioas  were  made  on  feveral  that 
Day. 

The  zSth  I  came  to  Bc£-oxt  and  here  met  with 
my  Companion  again.  And  on  the  zqth,  ben;; 
Firft  day,  v,e  had  two  Meetings ;  likewife  another 
on  the  Second-day,  and  again  on  the  Third,  in, 
Friends  Meeting-houfe  there:  to  all  which  there 
came  a  considerable  Number  of  foberly-behave4 
People,  cfpcciaily  to  the  two  Latter;  and  Truth's 
Tcftimony  went  forth  freely,  and  (eemed  to  have; 
considerable  Influence  upon  feveral  of  the  younger 
People  particularly,  and  on  fomc  of  the  young 
Priefthood  ;  tho1  there  were  but  a  few  Friends  in 
the  Place,  and  fomc  of  thofe  Few,  not  what  they 
ought  to  be  in  their  Converfations ;  we  laboured 
to  nave  them  together  felc6t  or  deftinft  from  other. 
People,  in  order  to  advite  them  to  be  more  wile,, 
and  to  have  more  Regard  to  the  Truth  and  their 
own  Good;  and  we  hope  it  may  be  of  fomc  Service 
to  them,  and  to  the  Truth,  and  the  Comfort  and 
Strength  of  fuch  poor  Hearts  among  them  who 
love  the  Truth,  and  fcek  the  Honour  of  God;  but 
abominable  Pride,  Enry  and  Hypocrify  prevails  ftilt 
higher  in  that  Place,  more  and  more  incurring' 
the  Lord's  Difpkalure,  \v hich  u  ill  certainly  come 
upon  them,  as  <:u  armed  Man,/ fooner  or  latter, 
except  they  feck  a  Place  of  Repentance  in  Time. 

The  i ft  ofrhe  Sixth  Month  we  left  the  Town, 
and  came  to  William  Chafe's  jun.  at  S-wan^y^  and 
Jiad  a  Meeting  there  the  Da/  following;  which 
the  Lord  wag  pleafed4b  own,  and  blefs  with  his 
Prefence  and  Counfd,  to  our  great  E:ife,  and 
Friendf  Comfort,  and  the  Lord's  Name  was  mag 
nified.  The  ^d  we  had  a  Meeting  over  the  River 
at  Nrfannet,  to  which  feveral  People  not  of  our 
Prorcffion  came,  and  we  had  a  profitable  Scafon/ 
the  People  appearing  much  fatisfied.  The  4th  we 
had  a  Meeting  at  ibrr.e  Diftance  from  hence,  where 

thev 


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the  People  were  much  Strangers  to  Friends  and 
ll]ruth,  yet  they  feem'd  fatished  with  the  Doc 
trine  and  the  Teftimony  of  it.  The  5th  being  Firft- 
day»  v/e  cametoPurtfmouth  cm  Rfwde-Iftand,  where 
the  Meeting  was  very  large,  and  thro*  the  Lord's 
Gooxinefs  was  made  a  helpful  Seafon,  the  Life  of 
Truth  prevailing  over  all.  The  6th  we  came  to 
jfeyuport)  and  fpent  fome  Day  s  among  Frieinds  there, 
and  went  to  the  Week-day  Meeting  at  Povtfmouth 
again,  which  proved  a  Time  of  much  Eafe  to  u.^ 
thro*  the  free  Opening  of  Life,  and  Ability  of  Truth, 
Ivhich  greatly  prevailed,  and  revived  many  Hearts 
to  the  Praife  of  die  Lord  Almighty.  The  Fifth- 
day  of  the  Week  we  had  a  great  and  humbling 
Meeting  at  Newport,  under  the  merciful  Attendance 
of  divine  Power,  which  opened  us  both  in  warn 
ing  the  Loofe  and  Self-lovers,  and  extended  Re 
lief  and  Help  to  the  Upright  and  Tender ;  and  In 
formation  to  others  not  of  us,  pretty  many  being 
prefent  that  Day  on  Account  of  a  Marriage.  Ther 
Sixth  and  Seventh  Days  were  partly  fpent  in  vifiN 
ing  Friends,  fome  Widows,  and  fome  Sick,  and: 
went  to  Conanicot  in  the  Evening. 

-  The  1 2th  we  went  to  Kingston  in  tiarraganfet  to  a- 
Yearly- meeting,  which  continued  Fir  ft  and  Second 
Days,  where  many  Friends,  and  Abundance  of  wild- 
ifh,  airy,  infenfible .  People  were  gathered  from 
divers  Places,  tho*  many  of  them  have  long 
been  willing  to  hear  Truth  declared  ;  and  certain 
ly  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  and  Mercy  abounded  to 
wards  them,  and  raifed  his  own  Teftimony  among 
us  into  great  Dominion,  for  the  Help  and  Warning,, 
and  Winning  upon  many  ;  and  to  build  up  the  ho- 
neft  Travellers  in  the  holy  Faith  ;  fo  that  the  Lord 
God  of  Mercies  blefled  the  Opportunity,  and  his 
Holy  Teftimony  gained  Ground  in  the  Judgments,  and 
in  the  Hearts  of  the  People  to  his  Glory  and  Praife^ 
who  is  worthy  for  ever.  We  lodged  One  Night  at 


C 

)  and  the  other  at  %ontas  Rod'" 
man'st  where  we  had  a  precious  Time  with  fcveral 
Friends. 

Tiic  i-fth  we  returned  to  Conanicot)    and  the  i5tfr 
had  a  Meeting,  to  which  many    of  the  People  of 
the  I  (land  came,  among   whom  the  Lord   opened 
our  Hearts  and  Mouths  in  Dread  and  Terror  to  the 
Loofe,  and  the  Rejs&urs  of  the   Croft  ofChrift; 
they,    many   of  them,    having  been   a  convinced 
-People  ;  yet  healing  Goodnefs  and  fatherly  Love 
ran  fwcetly  towards  fuch  as  were  in  Want  of  Heip ; 
and  it   was  made  a  gracioufly,    edifying  Seafon. 
That  Evening  we  came   ovi-r  to  Newport  t  and  on 
the  i6th  we  were  at  the  Week-day  Meeting  there; 
for  my  Heart  remained  underade^p  Travel  and  Suf 
fering  for   the  Sesd's-fake,  fome   hurtful  Things 
having  crept  in  among  Friends   on  this  Ifland  re- 
Ipettinj?  vain,  worldly  Libert/,  which  u •,        -     .t 
OWtru6Uon   to  tn^  Current  of  Divine  Lov^, 
gathers  into,  and  maintains  in  Unity  :  In  this  Meet 
ing  the  Life  and  Wifdom  of  Truth  greatly  pre 
vailed,    many    Hearts   were   bettered,     and    holy 
Strength,    I  believe,  was  gained  by   feveral,    to 
warch  and  war  moi-c  diligeatly   againft  that  Spirit 
•which  h.ads  towards  the  VYorid,  and  the  Death  and 
Darknefs  of  it. 

The  1 7th  we  went  to  a  Meeting  I  wanted  to 
have  at  ^'r.v.-'fiit  01  th.  tViiij  L.i-.id,  where  Abun 
dance  of  FriTC's  '.;ntl  others  v  ere  gathered ; 
and  the  Lord  blelTed  the  Tir.e  wit  Si  his  Pre- 
feiu;e  and  holy  HHo;  a  ad  di/ers  not  of  our 
ProfeHioM,  lec.r.ed  much  fati' ;kd  vvich  the  Doc 
trines  declarer  .  .  Dcd  r  the  bieile:i  Ssnfc 
of  the  Gaol  w.il  ;j;  "Ga.i,  a.;i  I ':•"  "/j  miiv  holy 
P.<''".'-i':v  .  ea  Liiu:  D.y,  thro*  divine 
C  o  .  - 

T  ic  i  A7?ci>/xjyf  ^g-iin,  vi/i'.ing 

in  our  W-,y>  t^  ^ouiforc,  and   oa 

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she  igth  were  at  both  Forenoon  and  Afternoon? 
meetings,  which  were  very  large,  raoft  of  the 
Friends  on  the  Ifland  being  there,  and  many  other 
People  ;  and  the  Lord  God  of  ail  Power  and  Mercy 
was  near  and  among  us,  in  Wifiiom  to  divide  the 
Word  according  to  many  States,  making  ita  precious 
and  bleflcd  Sea f on,  to  the  help  of  the  Lovers  of 
Truth,  and  Warning  of  the  Unruly  and  Difobe- 
4ient :  Our  Hearts  were  let  at  Liberty  in  this  Lifer 
to  our  great  Eafe  and  Discharge  from  this  Part  of 
tru  Country  ;  and  we  had  to  part  with  Friends, 
and  the  Generality  of  the  People,  in  much  Kearncis/ 
and  true  brotherly  Kefpect.,  with  humble  Hearts 
before  the  Lord,,  who  was  fo  gracioufly  near  and 
good  to  us  many  Ways,  and  his  glorious  Name  waff 
magnified,  which  is  worthy  for  ever.  We  now 
being  at  Liberty  in  Spirit  to  leave  thefe  Parts,  we 
fetforwards,  the  2oth  early  inthc  Morning  to  wards 
Long  Jjlaxdj  accompanied  by  many  Friends,  and 
came  over  the  two  Ferries  to  N^rra^ar/st  Country, 
and  came  to  If'eferly  to  Jckn  Richmond's,  where  vyc 
had  appointed  a  Meeting  fome  time  before ;  which 
'iv as  made  a  Time  of  great  Comfort  and  Dominion  in 
the  Goings- forth  of  the  Life  ardTeftimony  of  Truth, 
The  lift  we  came  to  New-London  Ferry,  and 
meeting  with  a  Perfon  who  was  willing  to  carry 
us  over  the  Sound  the  next  Day,  we  lodged  at  an 
Inn,  and  on  the  zzd  took  Boat,  and  had  a  fine  eafy 
PalTage,  and  got  afhore  early  in  the  Aficrnbon, 
and  rode  up  to  Southwcld.  The  2  }d  we  came  to 
John  Hcllock's  at  Scatanatki!-)  anH  the  next  Day  had 
a  Meeting  there  with  a  few  Friends  and  others 
who  came  in,  amongft  whom  the  Lord's  G  >odnef<? 
and  Counfel  reached  fojth,  to  our  Comfort,  and 
their  Help.  We  came'away  that  Evening  to  BetJj- 
fa*rt  and  to  W'eflbtery  the  2cth,  to  Friends  QiJar- 
tcrly -meeting  which  began  that  D^y,  and  continu 
ed  the  z6th,  which  was  Firft-day,  and  the  Mcet- 
R  2-  ing 


ing  was  very  large,  it  being  fuppofed  there  were 
prefent  near  a  Thou  land  People  ;  and  the  Power 
and  Teftimony  of  the  Gofpel  of  Salvation  extended 
freely  to'wards  them,  and  prevailed  over  many 
Hearts  to  the  Glory  of  God. 

The  27th  we  went  to  Seyiietaogs,  and  had  a  Meet 
ing  with  a  few  Friends  and  ibme  other  People, 
which  was  a  pretty  open  Seafon  :  We  came  back 
to  Bethpape  to  tfbomxs  Po-well's,  and  had  a  Meeting 
there  that  Evening ;  and  the  28th  we  went  to  a 
Meeting  at  Cow-neck^  which  was  very  large,  and 
the  Lord  made  Way  for  his  own  Name  and  Telli- 
inony,  fo  that  many,  both  Friends  and  others, 
•were  humblingljl afFe&ed  therewith,  and  praifcd 
the  God  of  all  Mercies.  '  The  29th  we  were  at 
Friends  Monthly- meeting  at  fffybury,  and  had 
fomegood  Service  among  them,  in  the  Going-fortlj 
of  the  Love  and  Counfel  of  Truth.  We  went  to 
'3?{nJhiKg  that  Night,  and  the  3oth  crofled  the  P'er- 
ry  to  the  Main  Land  again,  to  a  Meeting  at  Mi~ 
merry- neck,  and  had  a  profitable  Seafon,  ia  the  Ex- 
tendings  of  heavenly  Love  and  Counfel  towards  a 
poor  negligent  People  among  them  ;  hereby  I  wa$ 
pretty  much  eafed,and  the  3ift  we  went  to  aMeet- 
ing  at  Benjamhi  Heartland's  in  Rye-Woods,  where 
pretty  many  of  the  ieve'ral  Perfuafions  were  ga 
thered,  and  the  Lord  favoured  us  with  his  Live, 
and  Help  to  declare  the  Truth  to  the  Conditions  of 
many  of  them  ;  the  Meeting  was  of  Service  to  di 
vers,  blefled  be  the  Lord  cur  God  for  his  Pretence, 
and  helping  us  to  'difcharge  ourfelves  faithfully 
from  Place  to  Place*  to  the  Stirring-up  and  Encou 
ragement  of  many  ;  fo  that  we  now  found  ourfevts 
clear  of  thofe  Parts,  and  of  New-England  in  general. 
The  ill  of  the  Seventh  Month  we  carr.e  over  to 
'Long- Jjland  again,  to  Samuel  Bowne\  vi/iiing  feve- 
ral  Friends  in  our  Way,  and  on  the  zd,  being 
"  -day,  v/e  were  at  the  Meeting  at  Flvjblvg ;  and 
'  •  -'  'v  tho' 


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tho*  divers  Things  feem'd  to  have  crept  in  among 
Friends  there,  to  their  Hurt,  and  which  obftruct 


the  Profperity  of  Truth  ;  yet  the  Lord  helped  to 
give  due  Portions  in  Dividing  the  Word  to  the 
Profit  of  many  different  States,  and  we  were  made 
truly  near  to  the  Living.  The  next  Day  we  vi- 
iited  fome  Friends  Families,  I  hope  to  Profit,  in 
the  Good -will  of  Truth  ;  and  on  the  4th  we  had  a 
large  and  precious  Meeting  at  Oyfter-Bty,  in  a  Barn 
there,  where  rnoftof  the  Chiefof  the  Place,  and  feve- 
ral  Juftices  of  the  Peace  were  prefent,  and  the  Lord's 
powerful  Teftimony  prevailed  in  the  Hearts  of  many 
6f  the  People,  and  I  believe  the  Truth  will  again 
be  exalted  in  that  Place.  We  returned  that  Night 
to  William  Wither s'$>  at  Wefhury^  and  on  the  5th 
had  a  large  and  comfortable  Meeting  there  in  the 
eftablifliingblefled  Life  and  Love  ot  Truth,  where 
in  we  took  Leave  of  Friends  there-away,  and 
came  that  Night  to  John  Rodman's  at  Bay  Side. 

The  6rh  we  were  at  the  Monthly-meeting  at 
F/uJbifigy  where  many  Friends  were  met,  and  the. 
Lord  our  God  was  pleafed  to  favour  us  with  his 
Prefence  and  Power  to  declare  many  profitable  and 
weighty  Things  among  them  ;  tending  to  ftir  up 
and  engage  Friends  in  doubling  their  Diligence  and 
pare  to  difcharge  themfelves  faithfully,  in  Exam* 
pl6  and  in  Zeal  for  the  Glory  of  the  Name  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  it  was  a  bleifrd  Time,  to  the  Help  ami 
Humbling  of  many  ;  We  parted  with  Friends  in 
Love  and  Nearnefs  of  the  neavenly  Relation,  and 
lodged  at  Samuel  firwxe's.  where  alfo  we  had  a  pre 
cious  Time  with  many  Friends,  who  came  in  there 
that  Evening.  The  yth  we  came  to  New- York  ^  and 
had  a  Meeting  the  fame  Evening  :  There  arc  but 
few  Friends,  but  a  pretty  innocent  People  ;  wich 
v/hom,  and  fome  others  who  came  in,  we  had  a 
good  and  ftrengthening  Opportunity,  in  the  Love 
of  God, 

The 


C    '3°    ) 

The  Pch  wecarceover  a  Part  of  Long  Ijlavd,  sn3 
Staten •  Ijlar.d,  to  W'ccdbridge  in  Eaf-Jerfey^  and  on 
the  9th,  bem^  Firti-day,  \vehad  one  Meedng  at 
Friends  Meeting- houfe,  and  another  at  Raway  ri 
ver,  at  jfrfc«  Sr:>fid^eir&  ;  bath  which  were  favoura 
bly  owned  by  the  Lord  of  Mercies,  and  his  Pow 
er  avd  bieiled  Tcilimony  extended  id  a  comforta 
ble  Manner  to  us,  and  the  Help  of  many,  bleflcd 
be  his  glorious  Name  for  ever. 

The  loth  we  had  a  Meeting  back  in  the  Woods 
at  Joha  Lane's,  where  a  consider jbie  Number  of 
People  came  in,  and  we  had  a  good  Opportunity 
to  declare  the  Trurh  among  them  to  Satisfaction, 
and  came  down  to  Join  Kin  fey' s  at  fficodbvidge.  'Hue 
•nth  we  went  over  the  Ferry  at  JnAcy^  and  the 
1 2th  had  a  very  Jarge  Meeting  at  Shrewsbury, 
wherein  the  Lord  \v2ipjcafedto  open  many  Things 
thro*  us,  and  to  the  People  in  many  ^ace.s,  tending 
to  gather  the  Strangers,  and  to  bnilri  up  the  Con 
vinced  in  the  Power  and  Counfcl  of  t'ie  holy  Truth, 
much  to  our  E.-iie,  and  the  Confirmation  of  fomc 
in  the  Waj*  of  Kighteouihefs,  and  the  holy  Name 
•was  magnified. 

The  isth  we  went  to  Mavefqttani  where  a  few 
Friends  live,  and  had  a  Meeting  with  them,  to 
which  fev-cral  other  People  alfo  came  ;  and  thro* 
the  merciful  Help  of  the  Power  of  Truth,  we  had 
a  fcafbnable  open  Meeting.  The  next  Day  we 
fee  oat  f<ir  Burlin^ton^  in  order  to  be  at  the  Year 
ly-meeting;  there,  being  accompanied  by  many 
Friends,  and  were  the  ijth  at  the  Meeting  for 
Miniftcrs  and  Elders,  which  \vas  the  Beginning  of 


Days,  and  the  Fourth  for  the  ArLir*  of  Truth  a- 
"ir.ong  Friends ;  all  which  were  not  only  vcr-/  large 
sna  orderly,  but  were  greatly  favour-d  with  the 

weighty 


_  - 

weighty  and  glorious  Power,  and  humbling  Pre- 
fcnce  ot  the  Lord  our  Gcd,  much  to  the  Comfort 
of  Friends,  ami  ^heavenly  Vifuation  to  many  o~ 
thers :  The  fiufmcfs  of  the  Meeting  was  managed 
in  the  Prace  and  Wifdom  of  our  heavenly  head,  to 
Friends  great  Encouragement,  ar.d  Re*  ewirg-  of 
true  Zeal :  We  parted  under  a  Scnl'e  of  the  Love 
and  Favour  of  our  gracious  God,  whofe  glorious 
Name  was  praifed  and  magnified,  who  is  worth/ 
for  ever. 

The  loth  we  came  to  Plll/r&tyki*,  to  the  Week 
day  Meeting,  which  v^as  large,  thtre  being  a 
Marriage  (olemnizcd  that  Day ;  and  on  the  2zd 
went  down  to  Ckefe^  in  our  Way  towards  Afary- 
land,  we  being  not  yet  clear  of  that  Province, 
The  23d,  being  Firft-day,  wrc  were  at  Ccrccni, 
where  Friends  from  many  Parts  gathered;  the 
Meeting  was  very  large,  and  the  Lord's  Power 
and  holy  Tefiimony,  in  many  weighty  Refpedls, 
extended  freely  and  largely  in  a  prevailing  Manner* 
The  next  Day  we  vifited  fevcral  Friends  Families^ 
and  the  25th  had  a  Meeting  at  Ktnntt,  which  was 
large,  and  thro*  the  Lord's  Goodnefs  was  made  an 
edify  ing  Seafon.  We  had  a  large  Meeting  alfo  at 
John  Smith's,  at  Marlborough  the  26rh,  where  thro* 
the  biefled  Favour  and  Help  of  divine  Power  ard 
WiiHom,  we  had  a  precious  and  profitable  Meeting* 

The  27th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  A<w-£vm&#, 
which  was  large,  and  alfo  mercifully  favoured 
with  the  Prefence  and  Power  of  the  Lord  A! migh 
ty,  whofe  holy  Word  cf  Wiidom  and  Counfel  was 
freely  opened  among  us,  to  the  great  Comfort  and 
Help  of  many  Hearts.  And  here  we  took  cm:  Leave 
of:  many  Friends  from  fcveral  Parts,  in  the  living 
Senfe  and  true  Nea'rneis  of  the  Love  of  Chrill;  our 
lioly  Head,  with  Praiics  to  God  for  his  Goodnefs 
and  Mercy , 

The 


The  i8th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Nottingham^  whicK 
was  likewife  large,  and  was  made  a  bleflfed, 
ftrengthening,  and  edifying  Time,  and  the  Tefti- 
mony  of  Truth  prevailed  ambngtt  thofe  who 
were  not  of  our  Society.  The  Day  following  we 
crofted  over  Safquehannah  into  Aiarylavd,  and  the 
3oth,  being  Firit-Day,  we  were  at  a  Meeting  at 
JBujh-Rfver,  were  there  are  but  a  few  Friends,  but 
many  of  the  Neighbouring  People  came  in,  and  we 
had  fome  good  Service  amongft  them. 

The  i ft  of  the  Eighth  Month  we  came  down 
near  Potapfeo,  to  Jonathan  Hanfon's^  and  on  the  id 
had  a  Meeting  wrh  fome  Friends  who  live  there 
about,  and  ieveral  other  People  ;  and  thro*  the 
merciful  Attendance  of  the  Help  of  Truth,  we  had 
a  good  Time ;  tho*  we  found  great  Want  of  Zeal  and 
Faithfulnefs  to  the  Truth  among  the  Profeflbrs  of 
it  there-away  ;  yet  fome  are  honeftly  concerned^ 
and  the  Lord  is  mindful  of  his  own  Work,  and  the; 
Good  of  his  Heritage. 

On  the  3d  we  had  a  Meeting  up  the  River  at 
Charles  Pierpoint's^  a  pretty  tender  Man,  under 
fome  Convincement,  and  his  Wife  alfo,  with  fome 
friendly  People  there-away  ;  we  had  a  good  Op 
portunity  among  them,  in  the  Reaching  forth  of  the 
Gofpel  love  ;  and  hope  the  Lord  will  prevail  in  his 
Vifitation,  to  gather  in  and  build  up  a  People  to 
bear  Teftimony  to  the  Truth  there:away.  The 
4th  we  came  downwards  to  Henry  /#//'s,  near  Soutb- 
River,  and  on  the  $th  had  a  Meeting  there,  where 
feveral  friendly  People  were  gathered,  and  the 
Gofpel-fpring  livingly  opened  towardsthem,  making 
Imprefliori  upon  fome  ;  and  when  we  were  com 
forted  in  the  Lord  our  gracious  Helper.  We  got 
over  the  River  that  Night,  and  came  to  Weft  Riveri 
to  dnv  Galloway* *.  The  yth  being  Firft-day,  we 
were  at  Friends  Meeting  there,  where  pretty  many 
People  gathered  trom  divers  Places^  and  the  Lord 

our. 


C    133    ) 

tour  God  was  pleafed  to  open  our  Hearts  In  his 
Power  and  holy  Counfel,  to  their  Help  ;  and  \ve 
were  cofcerned  to  ftir  up  and  warn  agamit  feveral 
huriful  Practices  which  were  creeping  in  among 
them;  arid  in  difcharging  ourfelves  we  were  filled 
\vich  the  Peace  of  God. 

The  Sth  we  had  a  full  and  pretty  open  Meeting 
at  Herring-Creek,  to  our  Satisfaction,  and  were  help 
ed  to  deal  plainly,  in  the  Love  of  Truth,  with 
Friends  there,  and  we  paricd  in  a  comfortable  De 
gree  of  Kearnefs  of  Spirit,  thro*  the  merciful  Ex 
tending  of  divine  Regard.  The  9th  we  had  a 
Meeting  r.t  the  Cliffs >  where  there  is  a  good 
Body  of  honeft,  rehgioufly -minded  Friends,  with 
•whom  we  had  an  open,  and  a  folid  comfortable 
Time  to  our  Satisfaction,  and  their  Encourage 
ment  in  the  Way  and  Service  of  Truth.  The  nth 
we  took  Boat,  with  man/  Friends  in  Company, 
and  went  over  the  Bay  of  Chefapcak,  in  our  Way 
to  the  approaching  Yearly-meeting  on  the  Eaftern- 
fho'rc,  w hie h  began  at  tfrtadhavert  the  ijth,  being 
Seventh -day,  and  held  till  the  Fourth  of  the  fol 
lowing  Week  for  public  Worfhip,  and  the  Affair* 
of  Truth  among  Friends.  Great  Numbers  of  al- 
moft  ail  Sorts  of  People  came  thither,  and  the  Lord 
God  was  pleafed  to  open  the  glorious  Tcftimony  of 
Truth,  and  the  Way  of  Life,  in  his  mighty  Power ; 
and  the  Word  of  Wifdom  prevailed  in  a  good 
Mcafure,  bodi  upon  the  Hearts  of  many  of  the 
People,  and  to  the  great  Encouragement  of  the 
Tender;  and  allo  to  the  Alarming  and  R.ouxing-up 
the  Indifferent  and  Negligent.  Their  Bufinefs  Wus 
managed  in  much  Peace  and  Amity  .  They  were, 
alfo  furred  up  to  more  Diligence  in  Plain-dealing, 
and  Care  in  divers  Rcfpects,  whicli  was  gladly  re 
ceived  by  many,  and  the  Lord's  Power  and  Love 
crowned  our  Meeting  to  our  mutual  Joy  and  Comr 
fort,  and  his  glorious  Nam.$  was  humbly  ^railed 


C    '34    ) 

who  is  worthy  for  ever  ;  for  ir  is  he  who  doth 
whatever  is  wei-i  done  .  After  we  had  taken  our 
Leave  of  Friends  in  the  Love  andPodce  of  God,  we 
went  that  Night  to  the  Widow  Pitts\  and  the  next 
Day  up  the  Country  to  Chefter,  where  we  hid  a 
Meeting  tne  i9th,  and  the  zoth  came  to  Cecil  aiid 
had  a  Meeting,  which  was  a  good  eaifying  S-.-afon, 
in  the  free  and  gracious  Extending  of  tne  Good- 
Will  of  God,  much  to  our  Eale  and  Sirisf^cti  -n, 
many  of  the  People  in  rhofe  Parts  havir  g  long  been 
in  a  poor  lukewarm  and  indifferent  St  tee. 

From  hence  he  ivrot?  the  following  Leittr  [ivhrh  is 
worthy  tie  Perufal  and  Consideration  of  tbo/e  tvh  *iet>!<l 
Indeed  be  religious)  to  a  Friend  lately  convinced  in  X 
England,  and  Us  Wife,  <wlo  was  at  times  uiidff  fs-n§ 
Concern  of  JMinA  on  Account  of  Religion^  tbo*  then  pr*- 
fejpng  among  the  Presby  lerians,  v«, 


and  LOVING  FRIEND, 
S  true  Brotherl;  -love  and  tender  VVell- 
wifliing,  his  been  often  renewed  in  -ry 
Heart  towards  thee,  thy  Wife  and  Chid  ten,  (i  -jc« 
I  left  you  ;  fo  of  late  I  have  be?n  mindful  of  you  fo 
often,  that  I  wanted  much  to  write  a  few  L^nes  to 
you,  and  am  plad  of  the  pi'eient  Opportunity  of 
fending  10  let  thecand  thy  Wife  know  that  I  retain 
an  affectionate  Remembrance  of  yon,  in  a  M.rifure 
of  divine  Love,  wherein  I  falute  you.  Ajid  the 
tender  Dciire  of  my  Heart  and  brotherly  Advice 
to  you  according  to  rh<?  Apoftie's  Evhorrarion,  is, 
that  it  may  be  \  our  Care  and  hcarr/  Labour  to 
draw  near,  and  feel  after,  ft*  niible  'Vcccfs  to  the 
living  God,  the  Fountain  of  living  Water,  and  I 
.ITU/  be  pofirive  he  will  draw  ni<»U  to  you,  to  your 
it  -ward  Comfort  and  relieving  Satisfaction  ;  to  the 
Jf:1.  ;argcmeut  of  ffOurUndcrftangings  in  Things  ap- 
niniug  to  Life  and  Peace,  and  to  buii.^  you  up, 

ioBj, 


(     13*     ) 

and  of  that  Redemption  which  the  Father,  in  ani. 
th^o*  the  POWT  and  Spirit  of  his  dear  Son  Chrift 
Jeius.  hath  offered  ro  the  Children  of  Men. 

*  For  as  the  greai:  Miichief  brought  upon  Man 
kind,  and  upon  Clrifiisws,  fo  called  in  Particular, 
b*  rhe  Ads-erfrry,  his  been  by  drawing  into  a  Dif- 
i  :ri  to  t'le  pure  God,  wno  is  a  Spiric,  and  from 
t.'ie  feeiiug  Seute  of  divine  Favour,  and  into  a  Se 
paration  from  his  living  Prefenceand  inward  Con- 
fbiarion  to  the  Soul ;  fo  the  great  and  bleffed  Ad- 
vaiua^e  which  is  offered  to  Mankind,  and  of  which 
the  Lord  Almighty  would  make  them  Partakers, 
r.hro*  his  Son,  is  to  draw  them  nigh  to  God  again  ; 
that  thro*  Faith  in  his  invifible  Power,  they  may 
become  WimelTl-s  of  Help  in  themfelves  to  war  a- 
giinftand  gain  Victory  over  the  Lufts  of  the  Fieflit 
and  the  World,  and  bf  Degrees  over  all  that  un 
fits  for  inward  Accefs  and  Senfe  of  Acceptance,  in 
M^afure,  in  his  Sight,  for  which  many  Souls  ars 
in  Travel ;  and  that  the  Way  maybe  opened  which 
leads  to  the  holy  Mountain  and  Table  of  the  Lord 
indeed;  which  tho*  it  is  thro*  a  Biptifm  into  Death 
to  Corruption,  and  an  Exercifing  and  Refining 
which  is  unpleafant  to  the  Creature  ;  yet  the  End 
is  to  prepare  the  Hearts  of  People  to  draw  near 
feeiingly,  and  to  have  to  approach  to  him  that  i» 
invifible  with  Acceptance  :  And  while  this  Acceli 
and  Acceptance  in  the  Father's  Sight  is  not  a  cer 
tain  Meature  attained  to,  the  very  Life  and  Mar 
row  of  Religion  and  Worfliip  is  wanting,  both  in 
Regard  to  p leafing  God,  and  to  our  own  true  So 
lace  and  Edification. 

"  Wherefore,  my  Friends^  my  Heart  cries  for 
you,  and  begs  of  you,  that  your  chief  Concern 
from  Time  to  Time,  may  be  to  fcek  the  Lord  God, 
and  draw  nigh  to  him  thro*  the  Spirit  of  his  Sont 
given  in  Meafure  to  all  to  profit  with  ;  and  he  wrill 
certainly  be  mindful  of  you,  and  draw  near  to  you 
S  *  C* 


C    136    ) 

to  your 'fu re  Help  and  Comfort,  and  will  by  De 
grees  rend  the  Vail,  and  take  away  the  Covering 
•which  hath  been  over  every  Heart.  The  Depart 
ing  from  the  divine  Appearance  or ,  Mamfeftation 
of  God  in  the  Heart,  thro' his  Spirit,  w  hereunto 
the  Lord  Jefus  and  his  Apoftles  directed  and  ga 
thered  the  true  Believers,  in  order  that  they  mi^ht 
be  born  again,  and  preferved  to  his  Praife,  who 
called  them  ;  I  fay,  the  Going  from  this  has  been 
the  Caufe  of:  lofmg  the  Senfe  of  his  pure  Love,  and 
Life,  and  Comfort  there-through  to  the  Soul,  and 
of  departing  into  Forms  and  Modes,  of  fplitting  in-* 
to  various  Se6fcs,  contending  and  ftriving  one  with 
another  about  Names  and  Shadows  of  Things  ; 
Metis  human  Apprehenfions  and  Interells  having 
become  too  much  the  Rule  and  Bottom  of  many 
People,  and  a  Feeding  upon  Words  and  Perfor 
mances  without  Life,  which  both  occafions  great 
Barrennefs  of  Heart,  and  Want  of  godly  Conver- 
iarion. 

"  And  it  is  a  certain  Truth,  that  if  ever  Men 
return  aright  to  God,  they  mull:  return  thro'  the 
Spirit,  and  to  feel  his  quickening  Power,  to  give 
the  Soul  Light,  and  Life,  and  Ability  to  fight  the 
good  Fight  of  Faith,  and  to  war  againft  the  Enemies 
of  their  own  Hearts,  as  well  as  to  perform  the  Duty 
of  Worfliip  and  obedient  Service,  which  we  owe  to 
the  great  and  living  God,  acceptably. 

**  And  bleiiedbe  his  Name  forever,  he  is  near 
er  to  hear  the  Bemoanings  of  our  needy  Souls,  and 
to  iifford  them  Relief  and  Accefs  to  his  holy  Life* 
giving  Prcfence,  th:in  many  are  aware  of;  who 
yet  are  feekinjr  abroad,  and  would  gladly  have  the 
-Privilege  of  Difciples  of  Chriit  without  Seif-deni- 
al,  or  tomi  g  under  the  Rcllrittions  or  Difcipline 
of  th-it  crucify  ing  Po\ver,  and  Crofs  of  Chri't  the 
Lord  :  Ttii-  h.is  bee  i  the  Cafe  of -ran  y  of  us,  who 
luviu£  taiUd  of  ti*£  Terrors,  and  in  Part  of  tHe 

Mercy 


'0 

Mercy  of  the  merciful  Father,  we  cannot  but 
ifcll  for  others. 

*'  J-/y  Friends,  \  am  unexpectedly  opened  to 
fpread  thefe  Things  before  you,  for  your  ferious 
Co  numeration,  in  a  Meaiure  of  the  Love  of  Chrift, 
defiringyour  prefent  and  eternal  Welfare  ;  and  I 
pray  call  to  Mind  that  encouraging  Expreflion  of 
our  Lord,  that  tlofe  who  der.y'd  themfelves  of  *ny 
*Thwg;  for  h>s  Name  and  the  Gofpet  fahy  fhould  have 
in  this  Life,  many  Fold,  and  hereafter,  Life  everlaf- 
ing  :  And  of  the  Fulfilling  thereof,  he  has  in  Mca-- 
fure  rrade  many  WitneiTes,  bleiled  be  his  Name  for 
evermore.  And  I  hope  and  believe,  that  he  h«tth 
alfo  given  you  fome  Earned  hereof  already,  and 
•will  yet  make  you  experimental  WicnefTe^  rr-ore 
largely,  as  you  give  up  to  follow  him  faithfully,  to 
your  inward  Joy  and  Comfort  ;  tho',  as  the  Fol 
lowers  of  the  Lamb  in, the  Regeneration,  you  may 
alfo  have  to  wadef hro'near  and  pinching  Strippi  ;;s 
and  Tribulations  of  various  Kinds :  Yet  again  I 
cannot  but  invite  and  encourage  you  to  draw  near 
to  the  Lord,  and  he  will  afluredly  draw  nigh  to 
you,  and  become  your  Shepherd,  and  you  fhail  not 
lack.  The  Arm  of  the  Lord  of  Hofts  be  your 
Leader  and  Feeder,  your  Shield,  your  t  uckier,artd 
may  he  cover  your  Head  in  the  Day  of  Battle  :  For 
great  is  the  Wrath  of  the  Dragon  againft  the  Re 
turn  of  the  Church,  and  her  coming  up  our  of  re 
Wiidernefs,  or  bewildered  State,  that  ihe  may  a- 
gain^njoy  her  anticnt  Beloved,  her  Redeemer,  h  r 
Head  and  Husband  :  Thus  under  a  ("olid  Degree  of 
divine  Love,  which  fureiy  extends  freely  u 
you,  I  tenderly  take  my  Leave  of  you,  arcl  re 
main,  if  I  never  fee  you  more,  your  tru-'ijf 
Friend, 

JOHN  FcTi-iti 
Maryland,  'tie  2othoftk8 

%th  Alo.   1723. 


C 

From  Ctcil  (ctntirutt  tie  Journal)  we  went  the 
**ftto  Duck-Creek,  to  a  Half-years  Meeting, MO 
**hich  many  Friends  accompanied  us  from  Aiary- 
faxdj  and  divers  came  from  other  Places,  with 
fome  other  People;  fo  that  it  -was  a  large  Meeting, 
and  continued  two  Days. — —The  Lord  was  pleaf- 
edto  own  us  with  his  living  Prefence,  and  the  O- 
pening  of  the  Treafury  of  his  Wifdom  aadCounfel, 
both  t®  other  People  and  to  Friends  ;  tending  to 
rouze  up  the  Negligent,  and  to  encourage  the  Ho- 
ncft-minded.  This  Meeting  helped  much  towards 
our  Difcharge  thcre-away,  and  the  great  Name  of 
the  Lord  was  glorified,  who  is  worthy  for  ever. 
Tnat  Day  I  was  feized  with  an  Ague-fit,  which 
continued  upon  me  violently  tiil  Night,  neverthe- 
lefs  I  was  enabled  to  go  through  my  Service  and 
Travel. 

The  23d  we  came  down  toward  Lewiftc<wnt  to 
vifit  Tome  poor  Friends  there-away,  and  the  ne^t 
Day  had  a  Meeting  at  Goldfpringi  fcven  Miles  from 
the  Town  aforefaid,  and  a  fatisfa6tory  Time  with 
the  few  Friends  in  that  Part ;  tho'  the  Return  of 
my  Ague  render'd  travelling  \inpleafant  and  diffi 
cult,  being  very  weak  and  ill.  The  26th  we  had  a 
Meeting  at  Afotfarkill,  which  we  had  given  Notice 
of  as  we  went  down  ;  wherein  the  Lord  of  Mer 
cies  mightily  favoured  us  with  Help  to  declare  the 
Way  of  Life,  to  warn  the  Indifferent,  and  to  en 
courage  the  Honeft-minded  :  And  it  was  a  particu 
lar  Time  of  Mercy  to  that  People,  whereof  we 
were  humbly  glad,  and  the  Lord,  who  favoured 
us  with  his  Help  thro*  all  our  Exercifcs,  and  ena 
bled  to  go  on  faithfully  in  his  Service,  was  praifed. 
We  came  to  <Timotly  Hanfon's  at  Litth-Cretk  after 
the  Meeting  that  Night,  and  the  zyih  being  Firft 
IJay,  were  at  Friends  Meeting  there,  and  tho'  I 
was  much  indifpofcd,  yet  divine  Goodnefs  owned 
MJ,  and  we  were  helped  to  bear  Teftimony  to  the 


C     '59     ) 

blcficd  Truth,    which  prevailed  amongft  m  to  out 
Comfort,  and  the  Glory  of  God. 

The  30th  we  had  a  Meeting  near  George's  &t& 
at  Friends  Meeting-houfe,  where  many  Friend* 
met  us  from  fevcral  Places,  and  divine  Goodncfs 
was  pleafed  to  favour  us  with  a  profitable  Time,  to 
the  Stirrin£;-upof  the  Loiterers,  and  giving  Relief  to 
the  honeft  hearted  Travellers.  The  3  ill  we  vifited 
a  Ci'.k  Friend  to  mutual  Comfort,  and  went  back  to 
John  MCool\  at  George's-Creck,  at  Night. 

The  i  it  of  the  Ninth  Month  we  rode  to  Newcajllg 
and  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends  there,  wherein 
the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  manifeft  his  Power  and 
Wiiiiom,  much  to  our  Eafe,  and  the  Help  and  Com 
fort  of  many.  The  3d  we  were  at  the  Monthly  - 
meeting  at  Center^  wherein  Truth  opened  a  Door 
for  fome  Service  in  feveral  Refpe&s ;  and  the  4th, 
being  Firft  Day,  we  were  at  Cbicfojler  Meeting, 
which  was  large,  and  a  good  awakening  Time,  to 
the  Honour  of  the  holy  Name.  The  5th  we  got 
to  Philadelphia^  the  Quarterly -meeting  for  the 
County  being  then  to  be  held  there;  wherein  we 
had  fome  good  Service  among  Friends,  to  mutual 
Satisfaction  and  Help  m  the  Caufe  of  the  Lord  Al 
mighty. 

Being  now  pretty  clear  in  our  Spirits  of  that 
Part  of  the  Country,  fave  fomc  Weight  winch  re 
mained  upon  me  relating  to  this  Place,  we  ftaid  a* 
bout  Two  Weeks  here  ;  and  thro'  hard  travelling 
before,  and  a  deep  Exercife  of  Spirit  attending  m« 
in  this  Place,  I  was  much  weakened,  yet  the  Lord 
was  pleafed  to  open  in  his  holy  Power  and  Wifdom, 
and  to  fupport  with  Ability  of  Body  ;  fo  that  we 
had  many  open  and  relieving  Meetings  witb 
Friends  in  the  City  (and  others  who  came  from  di 
vers  Places  to  take  Leave  of  us)  whom  I  was  moved 
both  to  warn  in  the  Word  of  Life  againft  many 
jg  Things  growing  among  them;  and  to  cx- 

hors: 


(     '4°     ) 

fcort  the  Elders  to  be  diligent  in  Example  and  true 
Zeal  for  the  Lord  ;  whole  merciful  Hand  likewife 
extended  freely  towards,  and  prevailed  among  the 
Youth;  and  the  honeft  Travellers  for  the  Profpe- 
rity  of  Truth  and  Righteoufncfs,  were  much  en 
couraged  and  ilrengthened. 

The  29'h  having  a  good  feafoning  Opportunity 
•in  the  Lveivng  before  with  many  Friends  at  our 
Lodging,  and  a  blefjed  open  Time  in  Supplication 
•with  the  Familv  and  fbme  others,  we  took  our  Leave 
in  the  Love  of  God,  and  went  down  by  Land-  to 
Cktpevy  accompanied  by  many  Friends';  the  next 
•Morning  we  took  Leave  of  rhem  and  Friends  there, 

crit  on  board  rhe  Ship  called  the  Globet  bound 
for  Sc-xtb  Carolina^  which  had  been  before  me  moil 
'of  thr  Journey  ;  we  fail'd  down  rhe  River,  and  next' 
Morning  went  alhore  at  Nezucaftle,  and  had  a  pre- 
•cious  open  Meeting?  with  Friends  there  in  the  Love 
'of  Truth.  The  nd  we  went  en  board  again,  and 
fet  fail  for  Chtrles  -7own9  to  uhich  Place  'we  had  a 
fafe,  tho'JfomewhatllowPalTagejandgot  vvellthither 
the  i6'.h  of  the  Tenth  Month,  being  the  Seventh 
of  the  Week,  and  were  at  Meeting  on  Firlt  Day,. 
with  the  few  Friends  in  the  Place,  ibme  moderate 
People  coming  in,  and  the  Lord  mercifu4f  owned 
us,  and  gave  us  a  good  Time  among^  them  ;  tho*| 
the  main  Part  ofihc  People  in  cnai  Cc'u.'tr  feemed' 
a  careleih,  dark  People,  in  Matters  of  Religion. 
We  likewife  had  leveral  Meetings  in  ether  Parts 
of  theCoutKry,  wherein  the  Lord  opened  free 
ly  in  his  Power  and  Wifdom  to  declare  the 
Way  of  L:rl-  avd  Salvation  to  the  People.  We 
had  alfo  divers  Meetings  in  Charles-^Tcwn  ',  and 
tao'  there  are  but  a  few  Friends,  there-away,  yet 
there  were  fo me  ;<>n»  we  were  comforted, 

and  to  v,  horn  our  Viiit  was  of  Serwce.  Divers  of 
the  People,  at-o  .jefetheChief  of  the  Place, ;. 

aiio  fomewhan  reached  by  the  Truth,  and' 

were 


C    '4*    ) 

very  loving ;  but  many  teemed  much  abovfe 
the  true  Chrtfian  Simplicity.  When  we  had  la 
boured  there  about  Two  Weeks,  and  had  many- 
Meetings  during  that  Time,  and  finding  our  Spi 
rits  clear  to  leave  the  Place,  we  took  our  Paflage 
for  Barbados^  and  taking  our  Leave  of  Friends  in 
much  Nearnefs  and  Tender nefs  of  Spirit,  went  oa 
board  the  2  8th,  and  fet  fail  For  JEfcritofos,  and  were 
favoured  greatly  with  the  Lord's  Prefence  and 
Peace.  We  had  a  good  Pafftge,  and  landed  well 
at  Bridpe-¥o<wn  in  four  Weeks,  and  were  gladly  re 
ceived  by  Friends  there,  and  lodged  at  John  Oxky's. 
We  had  many  Meetings  at  Bridgetown)  and  in 
feveral  Parts  of  the  Ifland,  both  among  Friends* 
and  others  not  of  our  Profeflion,  who  ftemed  glad 
of  our  Vifits :  But  the  Decay  among  Friends  in  this 
Place,  thro*  giving  way  to  the  Spirit  and  Friend- 
Ihip  of  the  World,  and  going  from  the  Croft  of 
Chrift,  fecmed  to  make  the  Way  more  narrow  for 
the  Theftimony  of  the  Gofpel  of  Salvation  to  go 
forth  with  the  defired  Succcfs  among  other  Peo 
ple  ;  yet  the  Lord  God  of  Mercies  was  near  to  us 
in  his  Love  and  Power  for  our  Comfort  and  Help  ; 
and  extewded  very  largely  and  mercifully  towards  all 
People,  the  Profeflbrs  of  Truth  particularly,  in  order 
to  awaken  and  repair  their  Decaying,  as  alfo  to 
feed  and  ftrengthen  the  Few  honeftly  religious- 
minded:  So  that  we  often  admired  the  Lord's 
Goodnefs,  and  magnified  his  holy  Name. 

When  we  had  laboured  upon  the  Ifland  in  the 
Love  of  God  about  two  Months,  both  in  Meetings 
for  Worfhip,  and  in  divers  Meetings  for  the  Care 
and  Difcipline  of  the  Church,  in  that  Counfel  and 
Ability  of  Truth  where- with  the  Lord  favoured  us, 
and  bore  up  our  Spirits  under  and  thro'  much  A f- 
flidion  of  Soul,  for  the  Sake  of  the  Caufc  of  Chrift, 
about  which  many  were  grown  carelefs ;  I  fay, 
having  thus  laboured;  and  now  finding  our  Spirits 
T  ealy 


tafy  and  clear  of  that  Service,  and  feeing  the 
opened  for  our  Return  to  England^  by  that  holy 
Hand  which  drew  us  from  our  Habitations,  we  took 
Leave  of  Friends  in  much  Love  and  holy  Comfort, 
recommending  them  to  the  Name  of  theL>rd: 
And  on  the  zgih  of  the  firft  Month  1724,  we  fet 
fail  for  England)  and  the  3  ill  of  the  Third  Month 
We  came  a-breaft  of  Portland,  the  firft  Land  we 
made,  and  on  the  ill  of  the  Fourth  Mmtii  meet 
ing  with  a  Boat  at  Sea,  we  hired  her  to  carry  u» 
to  the  flU  of  Wight ;  the  next  Day  we  got  to  Portf- 
moutb,  and  -took  Poft-horfes  for  London,  where  we 
came  the  3d  in  the  Morning,  being  Second-Day, 
and  got  to  the  Meeting  of  Minifter,  the  Beginning 
of  the  Yearly-meeting  1724. 

Of  this  Vifit  to  America,  be  gave  the  {aid  Yearly- 
meeting  the  following  Relation,  viz. 

CCliTrE*  firft  acknowledge  in  humble  Re ve- 
VV     rence  to  the  Lord  Almighty,  that  he 
mercifully  favoured  us,  with  his  Love  and  Coun 
tenance,  very  often  upon  the  Sea,  and  guarded  u* 
thereon  from  unreafonable  and   wicked  Men,  into> 
•w hofe  Hands  fome  fell  very  near  us,  and  brought 
us  tafe  to  Virginia,  after  a  moderate  PkflTage  :    We 
then  entered  upon  our  Service  in  vifiting  Friends, 
and  went  towards  North-Caroling  having  many  large 
and  open  Meetings,  among  Friends  and  othc  sa'fo. 
44  We  came  back  again  from  hence  into  Virginia^ 
and  had  Meetings  in  many  Parts  of  it ;  and  in  feve- 
rai  where  there  are  few  or  no  Friends  :  In  both 
thefe   Provinces  we  found  great  Willingnefs    in 
many  People  to  hear  the  Truth  declared,  divers  of 
whom  appeared  very  loving  and  tenderly  affected. 
There  feemed  likewife  to  be  a  comfortable  Open- 
nefs  amouna;  the  Youth,  the  Offspring  of  Friends, 
in  federal  Places,  and  rather  a  Growth  among  fomc- 

et 

King  fat 


(     143     D 

of  the  Elder,  in  a  religious  Care:  Yet  not  fo  irmclt 
among  either  as  might  have  been  hoped  for  and  ex- 
pe&ed  from  the  Labour,  which  in  the  Love  of 
God  hath  been  many  Ways  extended  towards  them  ; 
ya  divine  Mercy  ftiil  reaches  freely  to  them,  and 
in  fome  Places  there  is  an  Increafe  in  Righteouf- 
refs  and  Truth  is  in  pood  eftcem  :  But  in  others, 
the  Love  and  Friendfhip  of  the  World  occafions  a 
Decay. 

"  In  Maryland  we  found  there  had  been  great 
JLofs,  by  the  Decreafe  of  many  of  the  EldersF 
and  of  the  more  zealous  and  concerned  Friends ; 
yet  there  arc  in  feveral  Parts,  fome  who  are  hope 
ful  andrcii^ioufly  difpofed  among  the  Younger,  and 
others  who  are  left,  tho'toofew  there  are  of  thefe  : 
A  Love  of  hurtful  Eafe  and  vain  Liberties  having 
prevailed  to  the  Prejudice  of  fome,  and  hindering 
the  Work  and  Honour  of  Truth.  There  appears 
nevertheless,  fome  Opennefs  among  feveral  of  the 
neighbouring  People,  and  a  gracious  Ext  nding  of 
Divine  Love  to  them,  as  well  as  the  helpful  Hand 
in  heavenly  Wifdom  to  wards  Friends  in  feveral  Re- 
fpe&s,  greatly  to.  our  mutual  Comfort  and  Satis 
faction. 

**  In  Penrjylvania  we  found  an  enquiring  Open 
nefs  in  divers  Parts  among  People  of  feveral  Pro- 
feflions;  fome  were  convinced  of,  and  we  hope  re 
ceived  the  Truth  in  the  Love  of  it:  There  is  a 
large  Body  of  religioufly-minded  People  among 
Friends,  who  are  growing  up  in  a  true  Care  for 
the  Honour  of  Truth  ;  tho'  thefe  arc  mixed  with 
many  earthly-minded,  and  fome  loofe  libertine 
People,  who  occafion  much  Exercifc  to  the  Right- 
minded  :  Yet  the  Lord's  Goodncfs  and  Care  is  near 
and  over  that  Country,  and  his  Truth  profpers  in 
it. 

"  In  the  Jerfeys,  Long-Ijland  and  New-York  Go 
vernments,  there  are  are  a  confiderable  Number  of 
T*  Friends 


Friends,  and  in  feme  Places  an  hopeful  Opennefs  a* 
jnong  other  People.  We  travelled  diligently  thro11 
t he fe  Parts,  and  tho*  vain  Liberties in  fome,  and 
too  great  Carelefnefsand  Indulgence  in  others,  have 
fhined  or  obftru&cd  tlie  Progrefs  and  Dominion 
of  the  Work  and  Beauty  of  Truth  ;  yet  the  Vifita- 
tions  of  heavenly  Good  will  and  tender  Love,  with 
Defires  to  help,  is  very  evidently^  and  freely  ex 
tended,  in  order  to  repair  and  build  up  in  Righte- 
oufnefs:  There  are,  however,  fome  honeftly  con 
cerned  Friends  there-away,  among  whom  we  had 
a  fatbfactory  Labour,  in  the  frefh  Vifitation  of  di 
vine  Power  and  Love. 

"  laRbode-Iftandand  the  Government  belonging 
to  it,  -and  New-Englandy  we  had  many  Meetings, 
and  clofe  Labour,  but  in  the  whole,  much  to  our 
Satisfaction  :  There  is  a  confidcrable  Body  of 
Friends  in  feveral  Parts  of  that  Country,  and  we 
believe  in  many  Places,  they  are  rather  increasing 
in  the  Knowledge  of  the  Power  of  Truth,  and  in 
Stability  and  Righteoufnefs  and  Faithfulnefs  to  it ; 
and  altho*  fome  hindering  and  wounding  Circum-r 
ftances  have  attended  in  divers  Places,  yet  there  is 
a  tenderly-concerned,  valuable  People  there-away, 
both  Elder  and  Younger.  We  had  many  Meet 
ings  among  the  neighbouring  profefTing  People; 
in  fome  Places  but  few  were  willing,  or  dared  to 
come  in,  but  in  others  we  had  very  large  ones  a- 
rnongtt  them,  efpecially  towards  the  Eaft  of  Aew- 
Enelandi  and  feveral,  we  hope,  were  effectually 
reached  by  the  Power  of  Truth,  and  received  and 
joined  with  it  in  Humility  and  -Gladnefs  :  And  in 
i'ome  Parts  a  very  comfortable,  tendering  Vifitati 
on  prevailed  upon  many  of  the  Youth  among 
Friends.  We  laboured  very  diligently,  through 
the  Ability  received,  in  moll  Parrs  of  this  Country, 
and  took  Leave  of  Friends  in  folid  Hope,  on  Ac 
count  of  the  Lord's  Work,  and  muc$  Love  and 

heavenly 


fceavenly  Peace  In  ourfelves,  with  holy  Thankful- 
r,efs  to  the  Lord  Almighty,  the  great  Helper  of 
liis  devoted  Servants. 

"  Then  returning  back  towards  Pennfyfoania, 
viz..  we  had  fome  comfonable  Service  there-away, 
and  Friends  were  encouraged  and  ftrengthned  in 
the  Lord  :  We  failed  from  hence  to  South-Carolina, 
and  laboured  there  fome  Time  in  the  Service  of  the 
Gofpel,  having  Meetings  with  the  few  Friends 
there,  and  among  other  People  :  The  Lord  our 
God  was  with  us  to  our  Comfort  and  Help,  tho* 
the  Generality  of  the  People  feemed  but  cold  and 
very  indifferent  about  true  Religion.  Tncre  arc 
but  fe  w  Friends  in  thele  Parts,  and  but  very  few 
who  feem  to  love  Truth  in  Uprightnefs  ;  yetfomc 
there  are  who  thus  love  it,  and  retain  the  Simpli 
city  thereof  in  a  good  Degree:  Thefe  were  very 
glad  of  our  Vifit,  and  we  were  much  comforted 
together  in  the  Lord :  The  People  were  alfo  ge 
nerally,  very  loving  and  chearfal  towards  us. 

"  Finding  our  Spirits  eafy  and  clear  of  thefe 
Parts,  we  failed  to  Barbados,  having  the  Favour  of 
a  fafe  and  ready  Paflage,  and  thro*  the  Ncarnefs 
of  merciful  Regard  and  divine  Life  and  Goodnefs 
to  our  Spirits,  a  Seafon  never  to  be  forgot,  bleflcd 
be  the  Lord  for  ever.  Friends  received  us  with 
Gladnefs,  it  having  been  long  fince  any  Friends 
from  England  had  vifited  them :  We  had  many 
Meetings,  both  among  the  Profcflbrs  of  Truth 
and  others  in  this  Ifland,  which  were  to  the  Com 
fort  of  the  Living  amongft  them ;  many  other  Peo 
ple  feemed  glad  of  the  Vifit,  and  behaved  foberly 
and  refpe&tuily  :  But  a  loofe,  lofty,  and  irreligi 
ous  Spirit  or  Difpofition,  hath  too  generally  pre 
vailed  upon  the  Inhabitants  of  that  Place,  and  to  a 
forrowful  Degree  hath  obftrudted  the  Spreading 
of  Truth,  and  has  even  brought  on  a  Decay  or  Di- 
rninun'on  of  the  Dumber  of  Friends;  Yet  there  are 


C    146   ) 

31  Few  in  fevcral  Parts  of  the  Ifland,  who  retain 
their  Integrity  to  God,  and  Love,  and  arc  con 
cerned  for  his  Honour.  The  Lord  was  pleafed  to 
own  us  with  his  Help  and  Wifdom,  to  divide  the 
Word  aright,  in  Warning  and  Stirring  up  the 
Unfaithful,  and  with  Encouragement  and  Comfort 
of  the  Lovers  of  Truth  ;  and  indeed  alfo  to  pub- 
lifh  the  Gofpcl-do6trine  by  Way  of  Information  to 
all :  So  that  we  were  fenfible  the  Day  of  Love 
and  Mercy  from  God,  was  yet  freely  extended  to 
many  in  that  unworthy  Place.  And  now  growing 
«afy  and  clear  in  our  Spirits,  of  our  Service  in 
diofe  Parts,  and  our  Way  being  open  for  England^ 
we  took  our  Leave  of  Friends  inthe  Love  andPeace 
of  our  heavenly  Father,  and  had  the  renewed 
Favour  of  a  fafe  and  good  Pafiage  to  England. 

"  And  one  Thing  I  think  good*  to  add,  having 
often  remarked  it  j  That  tho'  it  fell  in  our  Way, 
rather  in  an  uncommon  Degree,  to  lay  open  and 
teftify  againft  the  corrupt  Grounds,  Ways  and 
Practices  of  the  Hireling  and  Men-made,  pretend 
ed  Minifters  of  Chrift  of  our  Time,  in  fevera! 
Countries,  and  Societies  ;  yet  the  People  heard 
with  unufual  Patience  and  Thoughtfulncfs,  in  ge 
neral,  and  ^  we  alfo  pafled  quietly  thro'  all  our 
Journey  without  any  of  them  appearing  or  offer 
ing  any  Difturbance  or  Difputation  :  Which  we 
were  thankful  for,  believing  it  to  be  of  the  Lord's 
Goodnefs  and  Wifilom,  and  his  invifible  Dread 
•which  prevailed,  and  will  prevail  in  the  Earth : 
To  him,  the  Support,  Defence  and  rich  Re  warder 
of  his  People  and  Servants,  in  Awfulnefs  of  Soul 
be  afcribed  all  Glory  and  Pre-  eminence,  with  Fear 
and  Praifc,  forever." 

From  Barbados  te  wrote  tkt  following  Epijile  t» 
Friwds  of  Dover  Aktt'wg  in  New -England,  viz. 

DfiA* 


,  DJRAR  FRIENDS, 

1  *  Qj  I N  C  E  I  was  with  you,  my  Spiri  has  oftc» 
^J  turned  towards  you,  in  the  Movings  of  true 
and  near  Love,  and  in  tender,  fervent  Breathing,, 
for  your  being  inwardly  fuftained,  nrcngthcned 
and  encouraged  in  an  humble  Dependance  upon 
the  pure  and  invifible  Arm  of  the  Lord  Almighty, 
and  in  a  due  Devotednefs  of  Soul  to  fellow  him 
with  full  Purpofe  of  Heart :  I  have  wanted  an  Op 
portunity  to  manifeft  my  Remerpbrance  of  you  in, 
a  few  Lines,  which  I  hope  I  may  have  from  hence., 
and  herewith  extended  my  dear  Salutation,  in  that- 
pure  engaging  Love  of  our  gracious  God,  where 
by  he  hath  been  pleafed  to  vifit  and  overcome  man/ 
of  our  Souls,  and  thro'  the  Operation  of  the  Spiric 
of  Judgment,  which  he  hath  gracioufly  mixed 
with  unfpeakabfe  Mercy,  he  hath  prepared  many- 
Hearts,  in  Meafure,  to  draw  nigh  to  him,  and  to- 
be  made  Partakers  of  his  living  foul- engaging; 
Goodnefs,  and  pure  I/fife,  giving  us  as  an  EarneSr 
ef  eternal  Comfort. 

"  And  oh !  my  near  Fr  tends  t  elder  and  young-* 
er,  who  have  been  thus  mercifully  followed,  and 
waited  over  in  Long-fuffering,  and  humbled  in|Dc- 
grec  by  the  inward  Touches  of  the  Love  and  Fa 
vour  of  the  Lord  God  of  Bieffings,  my  Heart 
groans  within  me,  that  it  may  continually  be  your, 
and  all  our  Care,  to  labour  with  due  Watchfulnefs, 
to  walk  humbly  before  him,  to  feel  after  his  li 
ving  Power,  and  to  bear  his  Yoke  refignedl/  and 
chcarfuily  ;  that  thereby  we  may  be  crucified  to 
the  World,  the  Evils  and  hurtful  Friendfhips  of  it ; 
and  with  due  Patience,  call  our  Care  upon  hinij, 
with  Re folution  to  follow  him  wherever,  or  thro* 
whatfocter  he  may  be  pleaflld  to  lead  us  ;  for  he  it 
God,  and  befidcs  him  there  is  no  Saviour,  nor 
Healer  of  the  fick  or  wounded  Soul,  nor  any  that 
can  lead  to  durable  and  certain  Celling,  either 

here 


(     148     } 

here  or  hereafter:  And  furc  I  am,  his  Eye  of 
Mercy  in  tender  Love  is  over  his  Children  in  ail  Slated 
and  in  all  Places ;  and  is,  and  ever  will  be  a  rick 
Re  warder,  and  fu  re  Friend  in  Times  of  Need,  to 
thofc  who  give  up  all  to  follow  his  Reproofs  and 
Requirings,  not  having,  or  thinking  any  Tuing 
too  near  to  part  with  for  the  Sake  of  his  Favour: 
Such  will  often  have  Caufe  to  fay,  Vheir  Lot  is  j alien 
in  a,  good  Land. 

*'  And  oh  that  none  who  have  tafted  of  pure 
Love  and  divine  Sweetncfs  in  their  own  Souls, 
as  a  Spring  in  a  dry  Place,  may  ever  give  Way  to 
the  difcouraging  Enemy  again,  who  in  bu/iiy  wait 
ing  to  hinder,  and  turn  whom  he  can  afide  from 
the  narrow  Way,  which  alone  leads  to  Life  and 
Salvation  .•  And  as  this  is  Satan's  Aim,  fo  he  h  h 
many  Methods  of  Working,  either  by  insinuating,  - 
that  an  eafler  Way  may  do,  or  begetting  Difcon- 
tent,  and  letting  the  Creature  into  Uneafinels,  in 
the  Time  of  its  inward  Travel  and  Pain,  or  to  look 
abroad,  and  to  watch  for  Occafion;  and  then  he 
darkens  the  Mind,  the  Heart  hardens,  and  the 
Beauty  and  Excellency  of  the  Law  of  God  is  loir^ 
and  fo  for  Eafe  to  the  Ficih,  and  prefent  Pleafure^ 
there  is  a  drawing  back  and  back  ;  and  in  this  fiig- 
gerinff  Condition  Satan  has  prevailed  to  perfuadej 
that  ail  which  the  Soul  hath  leen  and  felt,  was  but 
a  Miftake,  and  proceeded  from  fome  other  Caufc  : 
And  thus  have  fome  heavenly  V'-iitations  been 
flighted,  to  the  great  and  miferable  Lofs  of  many  ; 
which  I  fincerely  pray  may  never  happen  to  any 
in  ore  in  ary  Part  of  the  Worid. 

"  And  my  Soul  humbly  begs  of  the  moft  gracious 
God,  that  if  any  havebren  hurt  in  rheir  Minds  thro* 
Unwatchfulnefs,  af;cri|he  pure  Way  of  Life  hath 
been  caft  up  plain  in  their  View,  by  giving  Room  to 
any  weakeningConmltations,  that  he  may  be  pleafed 
mercifully  to  renew  a  Day  of  winning  Love  and 

cauls 


C 

it  to  arlfe  upon  fuch  in  the  Purity  of  its 
Brightnefs,  in  their  very  Souls  ;  fo  that  they  may 
clearly  difcern  the  Wiles  of  the  Enemy;  and  fea 
a  Way  open  to  i.urn  to  the  Lord  effe&ually,  and 
become  fenfible  Witncffcs  of  his  Mercy  and  Salva 
tion  ;  fo  be  it  \  fo  be  it  ;  dmen, 

'*  And,  dear  Friends,  you  of  the  elder  Rank,  I 
tenderly  intreat  you  to  be  diligent,  and  careful  in 
walking  and  in  watching  for  the  Renewal  of  your 
Strength  and  Capacity,  to  approve  yourfelves  in  all 
Things,  the  Lord's  fcithful  Followers  and  S  rrvants, 
ordered  in  divine  Wifdom :  And  as  you  are  bcnc 
in  Care  to  be  prepared  to  give  up  your  Accounts 
•with  Joy,  the  Spring  of  Lite  and  Wifdom  will  be 
opened  to  you  from  Time  to  Time,  to  help  you  to 
watch  over  ail  the  Family  under  your  E/e,  and  to 
•walk  before  them  lleadily,  and  to  their  Help  and 
Encouragement. 

And  that  the  young  People  may  all  watch  a^ainft 
the  many  Enticements  to  Corruption,  and  to  Liber 
ties,  which  unfit  for  divine  Favour  and  Love  com 
ing  in  upon  the  Soul :  A  S:ain  or  an  Hurt  is  foott 
received,  but  a  Recovery  or  Reftoration  is  not  to 
be  obtained,  but  thro*  Sorrow  and  Difficulty  in  di 
vers  Rcfpccls,  as,  I  am  perfuaded,  there  are  among 
you  young  People,  wfeo  have  from  certain  Expe 
rience  with  Sorrow  to  teftify,  upon  whom  a  graci 
ous  Hand  from  on  high  hath  taken  hold,  in  Mercy 
and  Loving- kindnefs;  which  I  hope  will  never  be 
forgotten  by  you  :  And  thro*  fome  ot  chofe  who 
have  been  thus  vificed,  and  touched  in  Heart  by 
the  Finger  of  God's  Love,  if  they  keep  near  to  the 
Lord  in  true  reverent  Submillion,  I  believe  he  will 
appear  and  work,  and  make  them  Inftruments  to 
flicvv  forth  his  Salvation,  to  the  Praife  of  his  glori- 
cms  and  powerful  Name  :  and  to  call  to  others,  in  the 
Name  of  the  Lord,  to  come  and  tulle  how  good  he 
is. 

U  *'  Dtar 


(     '5°     ) 

*'  Dear  Friends  ,  my  He.'.rtis  often,  as  it  were  a* 
rnong  you,  in  chc  one  Spirit  of  Life  and  Righieouf- 
ncT,  and  is  ftrongly  c  -gaged  in  Sympathy,  a/,d 
trivets  for  -our  Growth  in  FaunfulncCs  to 
th^  Lord  of  Mercies  and  Salvation  ;  whom  as  vou 
duly  regard,  he  will  furcly  be  a  Spring  of  Bicff- 
ing  to  you,  ar.d  a  fure  hiding  Place,  whatever 
comes  upon  the  Ungodly  and  Forgeiful,  whom  he 
Will  certainly  vifit  in  Difpleafure. 

<CI  am  fvveetly  opened  in  Spirit  towards  vou  at 
this  Time,  in  ti«e  Evtendings  of  immortal  Love 
from  the  great  Fountain,  the  Relief  of  the  trr  y 
Needy  in  all  Ag  s,  the  Stutf  and  Strength  of 
true  depending  Souls  Hill,  vhere  ever  they  are, 
aid  however  exerciftd,  biefled  be  his  hc«;y  Arm 
forever.  And  tho'  I  Teem  eafy,  without  expedt- 
ing  ever  to  fee  you  ag:iin,  yet  you  are  near  me, 
and  I  tiiink  I  carrot  be  unmindful  of  you,  and  fhall 
l<3rg  ard  hope  to  hear  veil  of  ycu  :  thu.s  uiti,  ten 
der  Entreat^  that  you  may  ail  rfikea  right  Uic  oft 
and  put  a  tri'e  Value  upo-;  the  D.</  ana  Time  of 
the  Father's  Love,  I  commit  you  to  the  c-ii-iuifijient 
Word  of  Life  and  Truth,  aad  r:maiij  your  near 
Friend  and  Brother  in  tac  Truth, 
Barbados,  tie  iVtb  of  the 

Atontb,    1713. 


jfad.befcre  H  fct  fail  for  Enjlmd,  t>e  found  limfelf 
ivyarred  to  vifit  tlofr  <wko  pvofffid  with  its  in  tfa  other 
Ifiands,  with  tie  following  f".pijll?\  'whklo  be  it4itkd% 

A  BROTHHRLY  SALUTATION,  with  feme  Clrifia* 
Fxlort  -  1  buy  to  tit  Prcj  :J}:rs  c\  T  n  u  T  K  in  Antigu  i, 
Anguiila,  Jamaica,  or  there  aivty. 


T 

J[ 


•-'  Juvmg  f.llea  to  my  Lot,  thro"»h  the 
moving  of  the  Word  of  Life,  to  vific  ir.any 
the  ^msrkw  Countrkjagaia^iathc  Service 

of 


of  the  Gofpel  of  Chrift  ;  and  being  here  on  this 
Account,  tender  and  brotherl)  Cart  hath  fprung 
in  m  Heart  towaids  you  allb,  iho'  I  do  not  lee  a 
tvay  open  in  the  Truth  to  vific  you  m  Perfon,  bei/ 
dravMi  i-i  Spirit  towards  Europe  again:  But  fH 
aliving  Ope  one's  is  in  my  heart  to  vifir  you  wirh 
an  I  piffle,  u  he*v-w  th  aif»  reacheih  my  hearty> 
and  ti  ue  broih'riy  Salutation, 'unto  ail  v>ho  know 
and  1  ,ve  the  IVutii  as  it  i;>  in  fefus,  and  mauifeftcd 
thro'  rhe  Spirit  inwardly  ;  and  uirh  tender  Entreaty 
a. id  Advice,  ;  at  )<.u.j.il  ca:efi:l{y  feel  after,  and 
vait  upon  the  Lorci.  for  the  Keiiewing  of  inward 
*  rengih,  and  !ne  Experience  of  iris  living  Power 
ariiing  and  working  in  you,  even  the  redeeming, 
fti.itiryirg  Pow.;r  t-f  th^  Fatfier  and  tiie  Son,  to 
qtr.c?:en  »our  Souls,  and  enable  you  to  ferve -and 
•worfliip  the  'iving  God  acceprably  ;  who  is  the 
alone  i'urt  Fou  irain  of  true  Comfort,  the  all-fuffi- 
cient  helper  of  his  People,  and  the  compaffionaic 
Reliever  of  the  poor  and  needy  Souls,  in  all  Coun 
tries  and  Conditions,  and  is  worthy  to  be  trufted  in, 
obeyed  and  magnified  for  ever. 

14  And  I  pray  you  consider,  that  as  it  is  certain^ 
the  End  and  Tendency  of  the  Vification  of  the  Lordt 
thro*  his  bletfed  Light  and  Truth,  by  Jefus  Chriit 
appearing  inwardly  to  the  Children  of  Men,  is  to 
bring  frcm  Man,  and  to  turn  People  to  hin,{  lf\  to  bo 
taught  of  him,  and  fo  10  be  eftabhfhed  in  R.ighteou£- 
nefs :  So,  \rhofoever  thus  in  Heart  truly  turn*g 
and  takes  Counfel  of  him,  waiting  diligently  from 
time* to  time  to  hear  his  inlb  uctions,  and  to  feel  his 
Power  to  help  to  ceafe  from  Evil,  and  whatever 
he  manifeils  to  be  difagreeable  to  his  holv  Will ; 
to  learn  to  come  up  in  doing  well  :  All  fuch  arc 
and  will  be  regarded  in  merciful  Companion  from 
onhigh,  and  the  mighty  Arm  will  be  ftrerchcd  forth 
both  to  feed  and  help  on,  thro'  ail  the  Dilud vantages 
may  attend  them. 

U  2 


*'  And  it  is  alfo  certain,  that  whatever  Privilege? 
any  may  outwardly  erjoy,  none  can  grow  rightly, 
or  be  preferved  in  the  Way  of  Life  and  Peace,  bat 
as  Faith  is  kept  in  the  invifiole  Power  of  God,  an<i 
Diligence  in  waiting  far  a  renewed  Scnfe  of  Life 
and  Light  in  the  eternal  Word  of  Power,  to  open 
Counfel,  and  give  Ability  to  do  his  Will,  and  to 
confefs  the  Son  truly,  as  our  Redeemer,  before 
Men:  Wherefore  I  again  earncftly  intreat  and  ex 
hort,  in  the  Bowels  of  the  Father's  Love,  you 
•whole  Understandings  are  thus  in  a  good  Meafure 
opened,  to  labour  carefully  to  draw  near  the  Lord 
in  Spirit  often,  in  Humility  and  patient  Fervency, 
tvith  Hearts  refigned  to  follow  hitn  fully  ;  and  af- 
fu redly  he  will  draw  nigh  to  you,  and  feed  your 
Souls  with  Food  from  his  own  neverfailing  Trea- 
fury. 

"  But  oh  !  my  Heart  is  loaded  with  a  forrowful 
Concern  and  Travel  on  the  Account  of  fome,  who 
have  been  long  fully  perfuaded  concerning  the 
Way  of  Truth  and  Righteoufneft  ;  and  have  been 
often  very  fenfible  of  its  holy  Reproofs,  in  order 
to  reclaim  them  from  the  Evil  of  their  Ways,  and 
from  the  corrupt  and  vain  Pra6tices  and  Friend- 
fhtps  of  the  World  ;  and  yet  continue  to  live  in, 
and  comply  therewith  ;  flighting  the  Reproofs,  of 
Truth,  reje&ing  the  Inftructions  and  Offers  of  di 
vine  Help  thro'  the  Grace  of  God  ;  becaufe  of  the 
Karrowneis  of  the  Way  of  Life. 

"  And  others  there  are,  who  have  at  Times 
been  inwardly  afrec~ted,  by  the  Life  of  Truth  ap 
pearing  to  their  illuminated  Underftandings,  and 
to  have  joined  wkh  the  Lovers  of  it  for  a  Time  ;  yet 
have  thrown  weary,  and  afhamed  of  the  Crofs  of 
Chrift,  and  the  Simplicity  of  Truth  ;  and  fo  have 
hearkened  to  the  Whifpering  of  the  old  Enemy, 
and  iiLi  Enticement*  into  vain  Liberty,  and  carnal 

Eafc, 


C 

Eafe,  wherein  fome  have  fettled  again,  building  up 
what  they  had,  in  Part  deftroycd. 

"  Some  aifo  may  feek  to  excufc  or  juftify  th,  ir 
Doings,  by  obferving  fome,  either  real  or  fuppofed 
Miftakes,  or  evil  Actions  in  others,  and  fo  have 
grown  hard  if  not  envious:  I  fay  in  refpedting  fome 
iuch  People,  my  Hearr  travels  in  Pain,  that 
they  may  feriouily  confider,  and  come  to  fee  their 
Condition  in  the  Day  of  Mercy  ;  and  to  fuch  of 
them  as  may  fee  thefe  Lines,  oh  take  Warning,  take 
Warning,  while  Light  and  Reproof  from  the  God 
of  Mercy  is  yet  at  Times  vifiting  your  Souls,  in 
Ion  g-fuffe  ring  and  merciful  Regard,  waking  to 
quicken  you  into  more  Faithfulnefs,  and  De  voted  - 
nefs  of  Heart  to  follow  him  ;  and  to  confefs  the 
Truth  before  Men,  to  bear  the  Yoke  of  Chrift, 
and  to  learn  of  him,  that  you  may  find  Reft  and 
Peace  to  your  Souls  for  ever. 

"  And  know  ye,  you  who  flight  and  turn  away 
from  the  pure  Truth,  and  deny  or  reject  the  Crofi 
of  Chrift,  for  the  Sake  of  prefent  Eafe  or  Pleafure, 
and  who  choofe  the  Broad-way,  that  your  very 
Infides  in  every  Part  arc  feen,  and  noted  of  the 
Lord  ;  your  Ways  are  marked  by  the  righteous 
Judge,  and  a  time  of  terrible  Awakening  is  before 
you  :  The  Almighty  will  aiTuredly  turn  your  car 
nal  Eafe,  vain  Rejoicing,  and  foolifli  Grandeur, 
into  bitter  Mourning  and  Lamentation,  if  you  do 
not  turn  at  the  Reproof  of  Truth,  and  with  it* 
Inftruction,  in  a  Day  of  the  merciful  Striving  ot 
the  Lord's  Witnefs  with  you  in  your  own  hearts  ; 
which,  as  a  Servant  of  Chrift,  and  your  Souls  true 
Friend,  I  tenderly  intrear,  and  faithfully  warn  you 
to  confider,  and  lay  duly  to  Heart. 

"  And  you,  my  Friends^  who  have  efcaped,  or 
have  been  preserved  in  a  good  Meafure  from  th« 
Evils  and  Corruptions  of  the  World,  thro'  Ootdi- 

CiiCC 


C 

cnce  to  the  Truth,  be  diligent  in  labouring  to  im 
prove  the  divine  Gift  commuted  ro  you  tor  rhat 
End  ;  fo  that  HOIK  of  you  through  Neglect  thereof, 
tho*  you  nuy  have  the  Denomini  Jon  of 


beat  the  Conclufion  call  inro  everUftmg  W.epi.ig 
and  Sorrow,  with  the  florhfu!  Servant.  Aidaifo 
remember  the  Pleaders  of  l'.xctfes,  mentioned  i.i  trie 
Parable  of  Chrift,  who  ha^i-  g  been  invited  to  the 
Marriage,  and  called  to  the  Supper,  made  their  <e- 
veral  Aikgrior.s  for  not  coming  ;  which  rh>*  rii'-y 
related  to  Tilings  lawful,  yet  drew  upon  tne;n  the 
woful  Determination,  that  noc  one  ofthemfhoaid 
tajle  of  the  Sup*er.  For  although  the  grear  L  i  d  be 
Jong-fufFL'ring,  andbeiirs  i'>ag  with  the  cir.u-  Ren- 
foning  of  the  Children  of  Men  in  feveial  R'.'p^cts  ; 
yet  he  will  be  found  to  be  a  God  of  juiti  e  and 
Judgment,  as  well  as  Mercy,  and  will  recom  pence 
thofe  who  will  not  be  prevailed  upon  to  obey  the 
Truth,  but  continue  in  Unnghteoufnef.s,  and  the 
vain  fenfuai  Lufts  of  the  Flefli,  with  Tribulation, 
Anxiety  and  Wrath;  while  Glory,  Honour  and 
Peace  will  be  the  Portion  and  Enjoyment  in  erernni 
Life,  of  all  the  fmcere  Followers  of  the  Lamb  of 
God,  tho*  through  many  Sorrows  and  humbling 
Fears. 

44  Wherefore  lift  up  your  Hearts,  you  Honef- 
ndedi  in  reverent  Hope  for  the  reuewed  Appear 
ance  of  divine  Life  to  your  travelling  Souls,  for 
it  is  truly  reviving,  and  is  the  one  Fountain  of 
true  Joy,  Encouragement  and  Strength  to  all  the 
Children  of  God,  in  every  Part  of  the  Earth. 
And  walk  circumfpectly  ;  be  diligent  a  :d  careful 
in  meeting  together,  fuch  as  conveniently  may, 
or  fit  down  together  in  the  Nam?  of  the  Lord,  to 
wait  upon  him,  if  but  Two  or  Three  in  a  Pi  ace  ; 
it  being  the  Promife  of  Chnft  himlelf,  and  will  for 
ever  be  fulfilled,  that  fuck  he  will  Favour  with  bit 
e,  in  all  Piaces,  whether  in  greater  or  in  lefs 

Con- 


(     '55    ) 

and  this  is  the  Life  and  fubftantial' 
Edification  of  living  Souls,  which  truly  qualifies 
to  wor'h'p  acceptably  :  And  wherever  Cooinefsor 
K  ii'ledt  h^'-ein  is  given  Way  to,  or  continued  in 
by  any  who  are  convinced  of  the  Truth,  and  the 
Way  of  worfhippii;g  the  Father  in  Spirit,  b/  in 
wardly  waiting  tor  div'ne  and  f pirn  ual  Food  and 
Re.ief ;  where  this  I:id:flfcrency   and  Neglect  pre 
vails,  there  Weaknefs  in  religious   Concerns,  and 
Dulnefs     rei^e    ing      Duty    towards    God,     al 
ways  follow,    and  the  Way  and  Precepts  of  Truth 
b?  ;orre    vvearifom,  and    the  Enemy  of  Souls  tur- 
riflies  wirh  one  Excufe  or  another  for  fuch  Indif- 
ferency  and  Deckution  from   necefTary  Care  ;  and 
fo  Darkncfs  gradually  creeps  into  the  Heart,  and 
a  Darker  of  Stumbling,    forae  on  one  Thing,  fomc 
on  another,  increafes  f.-om  lefs  to  more,  till  great 
and   laincntubie     Fails  fometimes  happen,    which 
may  prove  utrerly  deitruclive  in  their  Confequen- 
ces:  Yet  the  Deftruction  of  fuch,  is  altogether  oF 
thrmfelves,  for  the  Lord  Almighty  hath  ottered; 
furficent    Help  for  all  Scales    and  Circumftances, 
however  difadvantageous,    through  his  Grace  and 
Truth;  yet  will  he  be  enquired  for,  and   waited 
upon  by  all,  that  they  may  be  made  Experiences 
of  hie;  Salvation.     Oil !  good  is  the  Lord,  worthy 
to  be  feared,  waited   upon,   and  obeyed  faithfully 
for  ever,  faith  my  Soul  this,  this  Time,  in  the  im 
mediate  Scnfe  and  View  of  rhe  free  Reachings- forth 
of  his  powerful  Arm  of  Salvation,    healing  and 
nurfing  Goodnefs;  efpeciall/  towards  humbly  con 
cerned  Hearts,  that   arc   fincerely   defirous  to  be 
helped  to  grow  up  obedient  Children  to  rhe  Evef- 
lafting  Father,  which  I  humbly  beg  may   become, 
and  continue  all  your  and  the  whole  Family's  Carc> 
in  true  Sincerity  to  the  End. 

«  An! 


C    156.    ) 

"  And  here  I  would  havo  concluded  thefeLinc^ 
having  already  exceeded  ITU  Expectation  when  I 
began  them  in  the  Love  of  Truth,  and  that  Piain- 
nefs  and  Sincerity  wherein  is  the  trueft  Friendship; 
but  one  Thing  yet  bears  Weight  with  me  to  pro- 
pole  to  yf-ur  ferious  Confideration,  viz.  What  if 
the  cliff  Cwfe  or  End  of  your  Settling^  and  Continuance 
where  I  amjenjible  many  Difadvantavts  attend  you  in 
Refpett  to  Religion  ?  If  it  be  under  an  Apprehenfion 
of  fooje  inward  Reftrictions  to  bear  Teftimony  to, 
and  for  the  Truth  amonpft  that  People  ;  then  I 
pray  confiaer,  and  be  careful  to  live  fo  near  the 
Truth,  and  a  truly  religious  Zeal,  in  faithfully 
following  the  heavenly  Light,  and  Inftry&ions 
thereof,  that  you  may  be  Lights  indeed;  and  keep 
in  due  Moderation  and  Juihce  in  managing  your 
Affairs,  and  be  careful  to  order  yourfelves,  and 
your  Youth,  who  have  any,  fo  as  to  walk  accord 
ing  to  the  Simplicity  and  Plainnefs  of  Truth;  thus 
will  you  keep  out  of,  and  bear  Teftimony  againft 
the  vain  Ways,  Words,  Faflrions,  and  corrupting 
Friendlhips  of  this  World :  How  elfe  are  you 
like  to  be  really  of  Service,  or  Examples  to  others 
in  the  Way  of  Truth,  or  capable  of  me  wing  forth 
that  Redemption,  which  there-thro*  is  offered 
from  God  to  the  degenerate  World ;  or  juitly  hope 
for  his  Countenance  inwardly,  or  his  Bieinng  to 
attend  your  Affairs.  Yet  if  this  be  your  Induce 
ment,  and  is  from  Time  to  Time  accompanied 
with  this  godly  Care,  whateverbe  the  Eftedfcor  Event 
refpecting  others,  the  Lord's  Care  will  be  over 
you,  his  gracious  Ear  will  be  open  to  the  Cry  of 
your  needy  Semis,  and  he  will  fhew  himfelf  to  be 
your  Shepherd,  and  you  will  not  lack. 

44  But  if  the  chief  Motive  be  a  Regard  to  prdent 
cr  temporal  Inccreft,  it  is,  not  realbnable  to  hope 
for  or  expect  the  Privilcdge  of  his  holy  Countc- 
upon  your  Souls,  or  Succefs  other  Ways ; 

and 


snd  It  happens  too  often,  that  thofe  who  arc  chief-. 
ly  under  the  Influence  of  prefent  Views,  become 
indifferent  withReipe&to  a  true  Concern  of  Hearty 
and  ib  give  Way  to  a  Halting  and  Mixing  with 
worldly  Liberties  in  Conv^riation,  and  become  ra 
ther  a  Reproach  and  Caufe  of  Stumbling  to  others, 
who  may  be  awakered  to  fome  religious  Thought- 
fulnefs,  and  look  towards  thofe  for  Encourage mc-nt ; 
bur  I  hope  better  concerning  fome  of  you  in  Par 
ticular,  tho*  I  thus  write.  Nevertheless  there  ::s 
great  Danger  of  coming  to  Lofs  in  the  belt  Re- 
fpec"t,  and  more  efpecially  concerning  your  OiF- 
fpring,  who  have  their  Education  and  Converfe 
with  and  among  thofe  who  too  generally  are  not 
only  Strangers  to  the  Truth  and  its  Simplicity ,  bat 
fnany  of  them  wholly  over- run  with  vain,  wicked* 
and  corrupting  Conversation  ;  fo  that  what  you 
gain  for  yourfelves,  and  for  them,  maybe  an  Do 
Cafion  of  ftrong  Temptations  to  thofe  who  follow* 
the  Sight  of  their  own  Eyes,  into  wicked  and  (in- 
ful  Practices,  which  lead  (no  Condition  of  Man 
kind  who  give  up  to  them  excepted)  to  a  wofui  and 
hiiferable  End  at  the  lalt ;  and  whether  Parents  be> 
clear  of  their  Blood,  may  be  queftioned. 

44  Thefe  Things  have  itood  much  in  my  Way^ 
In  my  decpeft^Thoughts  relpe&ing  Friends  pirti- 
cularly  on  theft  Iflands  ;  and  I  am  inclined  to  re 
commend  them  thus  to  your  Consideration,  thought 
far  from  defigmng  to  put  an  unneceflary  Confler- 
nation  upon  any  honefliy  concerned  traveling  Soul, 
that  is  waiting  in  Fear  and  Care  to  know  the  Lord's 
Cotlnfel  and  Ordering  in  fuch  weighty  Things. 
But  I  would  have  all  itirred  up  to  fuch  a  necefliry 
Concern  of  Spirit,  that  you  may  be  helped  to  live, 
and  to  do  whatever  you  doj  to  the  Glory  of  God  ; 
and  fo  may  have  the  Comfort  and  Blefling  of  hi$ 
riivine  Favour,  and  that  he  may  be  your  Poiler  an<| 
King  ;  and  in  becoming  fo,  ke  wiiji  jiffuredly  lave,' 

' 


C    158    ) 

preferrc,  and  gather  his  humble  Subjects  to  his 
heavenly  Kingdom  in  eternal  Life,  where  ail  Sor 
row  i.s  at  an  End,  and  the  Wicked  ceaic  from 
troubling  any  more  ;  which  my  Spirit  is  renewed- 
Jy  engaged  to  travel  for  on  your  Behalf,  and  the 
whole  Heritage  of  God,  as  for  my  own  Soul  ;  that 
his  great  and  glorious  Kame  may  be  renowned 
thro*  the  Earth,  as  he  is  worthy,  worthy,  for 
ever. 

44  Thus  having  difcharged  my  Spirit  of  the  Ex- 
ercifes  which  huth  grown  upon  me  towards  you, 
and  according  to  my  Under  (landing,  in  the  Way 
which  Truth  hath  opened,  in  tiue  Sincerity  ;  I 
take  my  Leave  in  the  ExtendingsoftheLoveofChrift, 
•wherein  I  remain  your  true  and  real  Friend, 
Barbados,  the  2$d  of  tie  JOHN  FOTHERGILL." 

iJlAo.    1723  4. 

Soon  after  his  Return  from  America,  in  the  fame 
Year,  he  vifiicd  Frkrds  in  Ireland;  of  which  Jour 
ney  he  left  the  fellow  ing  Account. 

HAVING  been  under  a  v/eighty  Concern  for 
fome  Time  to  vifit  Frienas  in  Ireland^  and 
per-cix'iiig  my  Wa>  to  be  <•«  erc-c  for  that  Service, 
about  the  27th  of  the-  Fifth  Month,  1724, 1  fet  for- 
v'.rd  and  went  by  See&ergbt  and  \vas  n  Friends 
Jdpnthjy -meeting  thej-c,  and  the  next  Day  at  Pref- 
U*ri  n-var  Kevdal,  at  the  Burial  of  -an  ancient  Friend  ; 
from  thence  p; vrry  Irreight  to  //  /itet^<ven^  ^ftaying. 
oi.e  Xighr  v\ich  janes  Lickevfon:  ()i-  ihe  Firft-day 
ul  a  Meecii  g  wnhin  th;  \\  ails  ot  the  ne\r 
Me-'.-rinp:  iu.-v.!^  wliicii  was  buiici:  g  ihere  ,  and  the 
Lord's  Power -ind  FtlHmony  prevailed  among  a 
very  I  r;fe  Afle'Tbly,  gicaily  to  our  SatisfadLioa 
and  Encour4igemeiu. 

I  goi  vu  il  over  to  Lublin  the  Seventh  day  fellow- 
ing,  bting  the  8th  of  me  Sixta  Moath,  toward* 

which, 


Place  I  found  my  Mind  rather  preffcd  with 
fome  Weight  of  Concern,  fo  that  I  could  not  h.iften 
from  it :  I  ibid  two  Firft:  days,  and  had  feveral  o- 
t!ier  Meetings  with  Friends,  wherein  the  hidden 
Virtue  and  Power  of  Truth  enabled  to  bear  a  plain 
and  faithful  T-ftimciir  for  God,  to  the  Help  of 
the  Upright  and  mv  Eafe;  efpecially  the  latter 
Firft  day,  in  both  Meetings,  my  Heart  was  open 
ed  in  the  Power  and  Doctrine  of  the  Gofpel  to 
wards  Friends  and  others,  and  the  Name  of  the 
Lord  God  was  glorified. 

Mv  Spirit  was  then  eafy»  and  I  fet  out  for  the 
North  Parts  firft,  and  went  to  Dro-gheeta,  feveral 
Friends  accompanying  me  ;  we  had  a  Meeting  with 
a  few  Friends  there  in  the  Evening,  and  rode  the 
next  Day  to  Rathfrylaxd,  near  which  Place  we  had 
a  Meeting  the  iQth,  where  feveral  cf  the  neigh 
bouring  People  came  in,  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a 
good  Time,  the  Love  and  clear  Tcftimony  of  the 
Goipel  reaching  forth  to  our  Confort. 

The  2oth  I  had  a  large  Meeting  at  Lurgaity  where 
in  a  clofe  fearching  Labour  became  my  Lot  among 
Friends,  which  ended  indifferently  well  to  my  Sa- 
tifaction. 

The  2id  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Jlfonallen,  and  went 
to  Lterean  again  that  Night.  The  230!  at  Ballixder- 
ry  Meeting,  which  was  very  large  both  of  Friends, 
and  many  others  of  different  Profeffions  ;  and  the 
Lord's  Power  and  Gofpel  tellimony  livi.igly  and 
freely  reached  forth  among  them,  in  much  Plain- 
nefs  and  Authority,  much  to  m>  Satisfa&jon  and 
Eafe  of  Spirit ;  and  the  great  Lord  a;  d  Helper  of 
his  Servants,  had  the  Glory  ar.d  Praife  of  all.  After 
this  I  vifired  two  antient  Friends,  Vhcmas  and  70- 
bias  Courtney ,  with  whom  i  was  Contorted  in  the 
Love  ofChrift. 

X  z  The 


C    160    ) 

The  24-th  Iliad  a  Meeting  at  Lislitrn't  thePowr 
er  of  Truth  owned  us  to  Friends,  and  my  Comfort 
and  Help. 

The  2>th  and  26th  I  had  Meetings  at  Antrim  and 
the  Grange  y  and  the  28th  at  G/lerain,  where,  be- 
fiies  Friends,  pr.tty  many  People  of  ciher  Pro- 
fHIions  came  into  the  Meeting  ;  the  Power  of 
Truth  opened  my  Heart  and  Mouth  amongil  them 
in  much  Plain-dealing  and  Honefty  ;  both  for  the 
clear  Information  of  the  People,  and  warning  to 
fomeloofe  Ones,  as  well  asComfort  of  the  Few  ITpr 
right-hearted.  After  Meeting  we  walked  about  a 
Mile  to  vifit  a  ooor  antient  Fiiend,  to  fome  Profit 
In  the  Love  of  God.  The  next  Day  Icamebacfc 
to  Baily}.a!eey  to  a  Mens  £ix:  weeks  Meeting,  for 
the  Care  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Church  in  that  Part, 
and  the  3oth  was  at  a  public  Meeting  for  the  Wor- 
fhip  of  God,  were  fcver.il  other  fober  People  came 
'in  :  We  had  a  good  Time  in  the  Love  and  pow 
erful  Extending  of  the  Arm  of  Truth  ;  the  !7jv 
right  in  Heart  were  ftrcngthned  and  encouraged  in 
the  Lord. 

The  3ift  I  had  a  good,  feafonable  and  edifying 
Time  with  Friends  at  Dundau4yt  where  alfo  wer? 
ieveral  other  fober  People,  towards  whom  the 
Gofpel  reached  freely,  and  had  fome  Imprei- 
iion. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Seventh  Month  I  had  a  Meeting 
at  Battyfraroan,  and  a  prevailing  fweet  Seafon 
among  ibme  tender  People  ;  and  another  the  Day 
fcllowing  at  Redford  near  Ckarlemount,  to  a  good 
Degree  of  Satisfaction. 

The  3d  I  rode  to  BftfyhagSn,  nnd  hnd  a  Meeting 

there,    where  the  Lord's  Power  was  plentifully 

with  us.  and  the  Gofpel-teftimony  fpread  in  apre- 

Munner,  Warning  anrlAv/akeningthelndif- 

fereiit,  Li  Coiiiblatioii and  holy  Encouragement  to 

the 


C 

the  Well-  minded,  and  the  glorious  Name  was  mag 
nified. 

On  the  6th  I  was  at  two  very  large  Meetings  at 
Lurgan't  and  thro*  the  Goodnefs  and  help  ot  the 
Lord  it  was  made  a  profitable  Sealbn  to  many  ; 
My  Spirit  was  truly  eafed  thro*  faithful  Dealing 
with  the  Forgetful  and  Lukewarm  ;  and  in  a  free 
Extending  of  a  planting  and  relieving  Miniftry, 
which  the  Lord  gave  me  chat  D*y  :  Thro*  which 
Labour  I  was  much  eafed,  my  Duty  being  diichar- 
ged  in  that  Part  of  the  Nation. 

The  8th  I  had  a  little  Meeting  with  fome  few- 
Friends,  and  feveral  other  People,  at  Co/tie  fn9  and 
went  to  Coothitt  that  Evening,  and  lodged  wirh  Tier- 
rence  Cayle,  who  with  his  Wife  are  of  the  native  Irifh, 
yet  had  received  the  Knowledge  of  the  Truth  in 
the  Love  of  it,  and  I  hope  will  continue  to  grow- 
therein.  The  next  Day  I  had  a  preety  good  open 
Meeting  with  Friends  and  divers  others  ;  who 
were  very  fober  and  attentive,  and  feemed  very 
glad  of  the  Opportunity. 

The  i  ith  I  went  to  Oldcaflle,  to  a  Meeting  there, 
where  we  had  a  good  and  profitable  Seafon,  in  the 
Prevailing  of  divine  Love,  to  the  Help  of  the  People; 
an  on  the  i3th  I  was  at  Friends  Meeting  at  the 
A-!cff,t  ;  a  large  and  good  Meeting  it  was,  in  the  liv;ng 
Authority  of  Truth,  to  the  Comfort  and  Help  of 
many  ;  and  the  Lord  God  of  Goodnefs  and  Mercy 
was  glorified. 

The  next  Day  I  went  with  feveral  Friends  to 
BaUy-murry  in  Gwfftfffg&f,  where  a  Meeting  had 
been  fettled  fome  Time  ;  and  on  the  151)1  had  a 
pretty  open  helpful  Meeting  there,  in  the  Reach 
ing  of  the  Love  of  Chrift,  yet  in  much  plain  Deal 
ing  and  faithful  Warning  to  keep  to  Truth,  that 
fo  they  might  be  bleiled. 

The  1  6th  I  had  a    Meeting  with  Friends  and 


fome  other  fober  People  at  Wtlttrflttttft)  ;ind  the 

Lord's 


Lord's  Power  and  Teftimon  y  prevailed  comforta 
bly,  and  his  Name  was  glorified. 

The  lythl  went  to  cue  Moat  again,  where  we 
had  a  large  and  bkffcd  helpful  Meeting,  in  the 
Extending  of  divine  Love  and  Wi£lom  ;  and  an 
other  the  Day  fallowing  wit  a  Friends,  and  feveral 
civil  People  came  in,  at  Lifmoiney. 

The  ipth  I  rode  to  £/JT,  aud  hid  a  Meeting 
jhere,  and  went  that  Night  to  John  Afotorit,  where 
•we  had  a  Meeting  the  next  Day,  and  many  of  the 
neighbouring  People  came  in  ;  and  the  Lord  was 
pieafed  to  own  us  with  his  living  and  powerful  Pre- 
fence,  freely  opening  the  Word  of  L'le  :  and  we 
had  a  precious  pure,  helping,  feafoning  Time  with 
feveral  Friends,  v/ho  came  in  again  that  Evening  ; 
ever  bierted  be  the  heavenly  Arm,  which  is  the 
alone  true  Helper.  The  21  ft  I  rod*  to  l^oodboufej 
not  far  from  Co/bell ;  we  had  a  little,  but  blefkd 
Meeting  at  John  Ro<wtes''s  the  2 id,  and  the  Day  fol 
lowing  another  at  Jofoua  Fennel's,  at  Kilcommon. 
The  241*1 1  h  id  a  pretty  large  and  good  Meeting  at 
Chnrnzll,  with  Friends  and  lome  iober  People  ;  and 
another  the  2^th  at  Tougha.ll,  where  the  Mayor  of 
the  Town,  and  many  others  befides  Friends  came 
in;  and  the  Power  and  Teftimony  of  Truth,  thro* 
the  Lord's  Go'wineft  prevailed;  and  it  was  made  a 
good  Seafon  to  many. 

Thezjri,  being  Firft-day,  I  was  at  two  large 
and  powerfully  helpful  Meetings  at  Cork,  in  the 
fK-e  Extendiags  of  the  Wifdom  and  Life  of  Truth, 
very  much  torn/  Eafe  and  Comfort,  and  of  many 
others  ;  and  the  zSt'i  I  was  at  their  Mens  Meeting, 
where  I  hid  fornc  Service  for  Truth  in  feverai  Re- 
fpedts,  to  tne  Help  of  Friends  in  the  Atfairs  of  the 
Church. 

The  zgth  I  went  to  Sbzppsrreen,  and  hal  a  pow 
erful,  precio  is  Meeting,  in  the  free  Reaching*  of 
tiis  GofpcMilc  and  J>jil:rine  towards  th-  few 

Friends 


Friends- there,  and  many  neighbouring  People  who 
came  in.  Tne  3oth  I  came  back  to  Cafle-Salem^ 
and  had  a  merciful  vSeafon  in  William  A^orrzce's 
tiou'e,  in  the  free  Goings- forth  of  a  Vifiiation  of 
civile  Love  towards  Irm  and  his  Family,  and  camet 
again  to  a  Meeting  appointed  at  Bendcn. 

The  lit  of  the  Eighth  Month  I  had  a  larger 
JSiceiing  at  Kivjak,  of  ma  y  Sorts  of  People, 
•wherein  the  living,  humbling  Power  and  Gofpel- 
doctrine  mercifully  prevailed  over  many  Hearts, 
to  nvne  and  Friends  true  Gladnefs;  and  the  glori 
ous  Name  was  magnified.  The  2d  I  went  to  Cork 
again,  where  we.  had  a  precious,  edifying  and  fa- 
tisfcictory  Meeting,  to  our  true  Comfort;  in  the 
Scale  whereof  we  took  Leave  of  one  another,  and 
with  feveral  Friends  I  came  to Ma/lo,  and  the  3d  to 
Limerick  ;  wiiere  on  the  4th,  we  had  two  large 
ard  prec-.ous  Meetings,  in  the  free  Extendings  of 
divine  Love  amongft  us,  to  the  Help  of  many  ;  and 
on  the  5th  we  were  favoured  \vith  a  itrengthning^ 
helping  Opportunity  before  the  Meeting  for  Bufi- 
nels  began,  it  being  the  Province  Meeting,  and 
was  carried  on  peaceably,  uitli  proper  Concern^ 
and  Friends  parted  comfortably.  On  the  6th  J  was 
ar  Friends  VVeek-day  Meeting  for  the  Town,  for 
\vhich  mam-  Friends  ftaid  ;  and  divine  Power,  and 
heavenly  Virtue  and  Counfel  fprang  up  and  fpread 
among  us,  to  our  Encouragement,  reverently  to 
truft  in,  and  fellow  the  Lord  God  of  Mercy  and 
Salvation,  whofe glorious  Name  had  the  Honour* 
worthy,  worthy,  for  ever. 

The  yth  I  had  a  Meeting  wMi  a  few  Friends  at 
Vifperaiy,  and  fome  other  People  who  gathered 
with  them  ;  but  it  leemed  a  cold  Place  as  to  Reli 
gion.  I  went  from  thence  to  Gr/fce/7,  where  on  the 
Jjth  I  was  at  a  Marriage  of  a  Couple  ot  Friends, 
c  Lord  was  plealed  to  open  his  Gofpel-doc- 


trine,  and  lift  up  his  own  Power  in  an  eminent 
Manner,  to  our  great  GLtdnefs  and  Satisfaction. 

T;ie  i  oih  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Knockbaflymagber, 
prect/  much  ro  our  Comfort  ;  and  the  next  Day 
was  at  two  Meetings  at  AJountrath,  wnercin  feveml 
nvei^hty  Thing*  were  opened  and  declared,  in  the 
Lite  and  Power  ot  Truch,  to  the  Help  and  Eita- 
bii ining  of  Friends  in  the  Way  and  Practice  of 
KJghteoulnefs. 

The  i2f  i  1  vvent  to  Ballynakitt,  and  had  a  fer- 
viceable  Meeting  there  that  Evening.  The  131!* 
returned  to  A/tuntratb,  to  trie  Burial  of  a  Friend, 
•where  1  had  ^n  open  foiid  Time  in  declaring  the 
Truth  among  a  large  Number  of  People,  who 
•were  in  genera!  attentive  and  fobcr.  The  i^thl 
had  a  large  a  ad  good  relieving  Meeting,  thro*  the 
Lord's  Goodnefs  plentifully  extending  to  the  Com 
fort  of  the  Honeft,  and  dole  Warning  in  divine 
Counfel  to  force  earthly,  wrong- fpiritcd  Perfons 
there  ;  and  that  Evening  had  another  Meeting 
with  fomc.  Friei.ds  at  Barrvcorrelli  the  15th  another 
at  slrty  ;  anor!ier  the  161!!  at  BallytcK  ;  and  went 
the  lyihto  CatLerhugl;  v,  here  the  Province  Meet 
ing  beg^n  that  Day  ;  and  the  Lord  our  God,  the 
furc  Helper  of  his  People,  favoured  us  with  his 
holy  Pre fence,  in  a  weighty,  ftrengthning  Man 
ner,  to  our  great  Comfort:  The  Affairs  of  Truch 
were  managed  in  Diligence,  and  the  peaceable  Spi 
rit  of  the  Gofpel.  1  lodged  that  Night  at  Gregory 
jR^/'.s,  where  we  had  apreciou.s  Time  in  the  Even 
ing.  The  1 8th  being  Firlt-day,  I  had  a  large, 
weighty,  and  he.ivti;ly  Meeting,  and  Friends 
parted  in  much  Comfort  'and  Warmnefs  in  the 
Truth  thro'  divine  Favour.  I  went  that  Night  to 
Samuel  tyaffon'v,  at  Kilconner-,  where  on  the  20th 
lhad  a prett/  open  Meeting  with  Friends,  in  the 
Love  ot  Chrift. 

The 


C    "5*    ) 

The  2id  I  bad  a  large  and  edifying  Meeting  at 
tyate-itird',  and  the  230  I  went  to  Rofst  where  I 
h«ad  a  Meeting  with  a  few  Friends,  and  fome  other" 
People  v-  ho  canie  in,  tho*  bat  a  poor  hard  Place. 
Tne  25ih  I  was  at  a  Monthly-meeting  at  //m/'s- 
57  ww,  pretty  large  and  folidlv  profimb:e,  tho'  with 
Ibmt  heavy  and  clofe  Labour  amongft  Friends,  be 
etle  ct  divers  Things  being  out  of  good  Order  ; 
yet  the  Love  and  Power  of  God  mercifully  reach 
ed  forth  amon'gft  us,  and  his  Isame  was  glorified,  to 
iviicm  ail  is  due. 

T.»e  20th  I  had  a  Meeting  titWetiforjl:  and  the 
«7th  another  at  Ballyna  Canick,  which  was.a  very 
clofe,  fearching>  warning  Tine  ;  yet  healing  to 
the  Upright,  and  itwasmadeagoodSeafon.  TheiSth 
I  had  a  Meet'ng  at  Cavaladine,  which  was  a  prett/ 
helpful  Time  to  our  Comfort,  but  with  fome  clofc 
Warning  to  fome  ftitf-necked  People  ;  the  29th  an- 
orher  at  Ballyna-clare  ;  and  the  3oth  another  at  As- 
kintlynr.yj  where  the  Lord  gave  us  a  precious  com 
fortable  Seafon,  in  the  free  Goings-forth  of  his 
awakening  Power  and  Love,  which  much  healed  my 
deep  travelling  Soul,  and  his  pure  Name  was  glorified  . 

The  i  ft  of  the  Ninth  Month  I  had  a  large  Meet 
ing  at  Ballycanc  ;  the  2d  another  at  Jflcklow.  The 
4th  I  came  to  Dublin,  and  was  at  a  blefled  Meeting 
with  Friends  there  the  6th.  On  the  yth  the  Halt- 
years-meeting  began,  which  continued  four  Days, 
and  the  Lord  our  God  gracioufly  favoured  us  there 
in,  by  owning  and  helping  with  his  powerful  Pre- 
fence  and  Wifdom,  greatly  to  our  Comfort  ;  and 
Friends  parted  in  Peace  and  heavenly  Nearncfs, 
tvith  living  Praifcs  to  the  Almighty. 

iVJoilf  he  paid  at  Dublin,  be  'Wrote  tie  following 
Lines  to  Friends  of  Wenfleydale  Met  ing)  viz. 


MYfleayand  dear  Friends,  who  love  Trnth 
itfelf,    and   want  to   be    what   Heaven 
iiuve  you,.  I  bes:  of  you  all  remember,  It  is 

y  /, 


C     166     > 

/,  faith  the  Lord  of  old,  that  will  htild  and  plant;  It 
is  he,  it  is  he,  and  no  Hand  elfe,that  can  do  for  Souls, 
•what  right  M.inds  want.  And  he  fees  every 
where,  both  thofe  who  live  upon  fomcthing  elle, 
•without  the  fenfible  Enjoyment  of  him  (who  dwell 
often,  nay  much  in  dry  Lands)  and  the  truly  hun 
gry,  pained  Souls,  whom  nothing  elfe  hut  the  re-^ 
newedly  Working,  and  fecretly  Feeding,  ftrcrgth- 
ning  Power,  and  Hand  from  Heaven,  can  feti^fy. 
Oh !  thefe  Criers  and  Followers  on  in  humble 
Steadinefs  for  heavenly  Help,  heavenly  Bread  and 
Water  from  the  Hand  of  the  Almighty,  all- feeing, 
and  gracioufly  tender  Father ;  thefe,  thefe  indeed,' 
will  be  helped,  and  will  grow  in  certain  Feeling, 
and  redeeming  Knowledge  :  And  thus  mull  every 
Degree  of  the  Lord's  Family,  Old  and  Young, 
Wife  and  Lefs-knowing,  be  led,  and  nurfed,  and 
taught,  and  fed,  and  grow  in  the  one  Root,  the 
one  Life,  and  in  the  one  Subjection,  where  PC-HOC, 
Harmony,  Onenefs  of  Heart,  and  the  helpful  Run 
ning  of  the  one  healing  Virtue  is  indeed  wirnelicd. 
Oh!  Elder  and  Younger,  feel  after  it,  floop  till  it 
runs  thro'  you,  and  then  you  will  worlhip  the 
Fountain,  and  grow  in  Care ;  Firft,  and  above  all, 
over  your  own  Spirits,  and  then,  in  true  Care  in. 
the  Lamb's  Spirit,  over  and  towards  the  Houf- 
hold  :  And  yet  the  Sword  and  Hand  of  the  Lamb 
of  God,  and  Saviour  of  Souls,  muft  be  known, 
both  inwardly,  and  lifted  up  by  the  Servants  of 
Clirift,  in  Wifdom  and  Zeal  again  ft  Unrighteouf- 
nefs,  and  the  many  Products  of  /$r»'s  Mountain; 
the  unbridled,  fleihly  Will  and  Atfections  of  Man, 
which  too  many  among  the  Lord's  People  would 
gl  idly  have  mixed  among  the  Plants  of  Righteouf- 
nei's,  ad  would  have  vain  Liberty,  and  darkening 
Car-alky  favcd  alive  ;  which  is  the  Cuufe  of  Death 
ling  over  fomj,  inftead  of  Life  :  And  the  re 
bellious  ieif-iavLie.  ua£*i:iifuL  turbulent  Houfe  of 

old 


old  Saul)  rather  grows  ftronger  in  fome  tlian  the 
Houfe  of  David  ;  the  confiding  and  humbly  devo 
ted  Man.  Well,  my  near  and  truly  beloved  Friends^ 
a  pure,  bright  Opennefs  is  over  me,  towards  you 
at  this  Time,  beyond  rm  Expectation;  and  leads 
me  thus,  in  the  Love  of  him  who  appeared  in  the 
Burning  Bttfo  (yet  even  that  was  in  order  to  open 
a  Way  for  Deliverance  and  Help  to  J/rafl ;)  and 
ivhofe  loving,  helping  Hand  hath  been  and  is  ex 
tended  towards  you,  for  the  Building  of  you  up. 
in  Righteoufnefs,  and  in  the  pure  feeling  Seafe  of 
his  faving  Health.  Oh!  he  is  merciful  and  long— 
differing,  watchful  over  the  Needs  of  all  tiie  Li 
ving,  and  in  Particular  is  mindful  of  the  poor  and 
low,  yet  fervently  concerned  Hearts ;  even  to 
the  very  leaft  and  weakdl,  the  moft  humbled  in 
true  Fear,  amongft  the  whole  Houfhold.  Oh  f 
halien,  haften  to  draw  near  him,  and  feck  his 
Face,  that  you  may  be  prepared  for  him  to  fliine 
upon  you ;  for  in  his  Prefence  there  is  Life  and 
ftire  Help,  and  true  Welfare  ;  and  that  you  may 
thus  fare  well  indeed,  is  the  Defire  of  your  true 
Friend, 

JOHN  FOTHERGILL." 

On  the  1 2th  of  the  Ninth  Month  (continues  tie 
Journal}  I  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends  and  feveral 
other  People  at  Bafyhays,  to  pretty  good  Satisfac 
tion.  The  1 3th  at  frimahow,  and  went  the  I4th 
to  our  dear  Friend  Thomas  Wilfon's  at  tfkornwelL 
The  1 5th  I  was  at  a  large  and  folidly  edifying 
Meeting  at  Edendzrry.  The  lyth  at  A'///,  and  the 
1 8th  again  at  Edenderry.  The  2oth  at  the  Moat* 
and  the  zzd  had  a  Meeting  at  Jacob  Fuller' &  to  good 
Satisfaction. 

The  25th  I  was  at  Friends  Monthly- meeting  at 

the  Adoati  much  to   our  Comfort  and  Strength  in 

Y  x  the 


the  Lord  ;  and  had  a  Meeting  that  Evening  at  Ltfi, 
mviney. 

The  zyth  the  Province-Meeting  began  at  E- 
denderry,  and  continued  for  the  Aftairs  of  Trudi 
and  public  Worfhip  three  Days,  which  the  Lord 
•was  pleafed  to  make  a  glorious  heavenly  and 
ftrengthning  Seafon  to  Friends,  and  Reaching  to 
many  others,  and  the  molt  holy  Name  was  glori 
fied.  That  Evening  and  the  next  Morning  I  was 
at  Thomas  Wi!fon\  where  heaven!/  L  fe  and  Good- 
r.efs  very  humblingly  and  fweetly  overfprcad  my 
£oul  with  many  Frierd.s,  unLing  us  in  a  near 
Manner  at  our  parting  from  one  another. 

The  joth  I  went  to  Lublin^  not  knowing  then 
but  that  I  might  go  readily  for  Enehwd;  but  fomc 
heavy  Exereifc  grew  over  mv  Spirit  for  ftveral 
Days,  and  my  Way  was  blocked  up  at  prefent  for 
England  (tho*  I  had  f -me  good  Opportunities  with 
Friends  at  Dublin}  and  under  this  mournful  Ever- 
cife  my  Heart  opened  towards  feme  Places  in  the 
Kerch  again,  and  alfo  towards  heivpcrtt  &*c.  in 
Coimauglty  which  I  had  feen  little  of  before  ;  and 
in  giving  up  in  my  Heart  to  go,  my  Mind  was 
fet  at  Liberty  in  living  Sweetness  again  ;  and  our 
Friend  Benjamin  Holme  being  there,  and  inclined  to 
go  that  Way,  we  went  the  yth  of  the  Tenth 
Month  to  Broeleda,  and  h>,d  a  Meeting  there  that 
Evening,  feveral  Friends  being  wkh  us. 

The  Qth  we  had  a  large  and  preuy  open  Meet 
ing  at  Rathfry!ar.dt  in  the  Tn  where  we  locked; 
and  the  i  ith  we  vent  to  Juvrar^  where  tf  e  Pro 
vince  M-'f.r  ?«rut  D^y,  and  coutimu 

o?r»"/-cs  fill    in  the  Way   here  a- 
njon":1  .aid  the  neighbonri.ig  People,  to- 

^  .-,  whom  tl-e  Lord  w.is  pieafed  to  open  my 
Mouth  in  his  Power,  fully  to  my  Sati&fa&ion  and 
Com/ore  in  coming  thiJicr  at  thivS  Time. 

The 


C    '«*    ) 

The  i^th  in  the  Evening  we  had  a  very  larga 
and  powerful  good  Time  among  the  foberly  in 
clined  People  at  'tjPantnfowv,  in  y.  Greeks  Houfe, 
where  we  lodged  ;  and  die  i4»h  we  went  to  Lif- 
lurn,  and  had  a  precious  open  Meeting  that  Even 
ing  with  Friends  and  many  of  the  TownVPcople. 

The  i ^th  we  went  to  Keivtown,  a  Place  where 
not  any  of  our  Friends  lived,  and  had  a  large 
Meeting  in  the  Seffions-Houfe  ;  the  People  gene 
rally  were  very  civil. 

The  i6th  we  had  a  very  large  Meeting  in  the 
Court  houfe  at  B  elf  aft,  to  our  great  Satisfaction, 
the  People-being  unexpectedly  loving;  there  were 
no  Friends  in  the  Place. 

The  i  ytli  we  came  back,  and  had  a  Meeting  at 
our  antient  Friend  ^Tobias  Courtney's,  and  another 
large  precious  Meeting  at  Lurgan  that  Evening, 
much  to  my  Eafe  and  Comfort. 

The  1 8th    we  went  to  BalhlAgan,  and  had  a 

food  little  Meeting  there  that  Evening  with  fome 
sw  Friends,  at  Ibomas  Greer's  near  Gharlymount. 

The  1 9th  I  fet  forward  with  Benjamin  Holme,  and 
fome  other  Friends  towards  CwtMugbt,  and  the 
29th  being  Firil-day,  we  rode  to  Innisklllin,  and 
that  Afternoon  got  the  Liberty  of  the  Court- 
houfe,  and  had  a  large,  good  Meeting  with  the 
People  of  the  Town,  no  Friends  living  near  the 
Place.  The  lift  we  rode  tQ'Ballyfoanr.ori,  and  got 
a  little  Meeting  of  the  Town's- people  in  our  Inn 
that  Night,  and  the  next  Day  got  to  Sligo,  and  had 
a  Meeting  there  the  23d  in  the  Seffibns-houle,  the 
Sheriff  and  fsveral  more  of  the  People  being  very 
loving. 

The  24th  we  rode  to  Bdlina,  but  had  much 
Trouble  on  the  Way  from  the  Waters ;  it  being  a 
very  rainy  Seafon,  and  we  Strangers  to  the  Road  : 
But  very  providentially  for  us  fome  Men  came  into 
our  Way,  juft  before  we  canae  to  a  Bay  o-n  th* 

Sea- 


C 

Seafide,  fo  that  we  had  them  to  guide  us  over  the 
Sands,  we  riding  to  our  Horfes  Bellies,  and  of  cen 
deeper,  above  a  Mile,  which  we  could  noc  fafely 
have  done  without  their  Ainftance.  We  found  no 
Friends  here,  nor  many  English.  The  251)1  we 
went  to  Caftle-Bar,  and  got  the  26th  to  •  Newport > 
where  there  are  a  few  Friends  ;  we  ftaid  here  fe- 
veral  Days,  and  had  three  large  Meetings  in  the 
Court-houfe  to  our  Satisfaction,  thro*  our  Father's 
divine  Help,  many  fober  People  coming  in  :  And 
we  had  fome  good  Service  moil  of  one  whole  Day 
among  the  few  Friends  there,  whom  we  left  in  a 
good  Degree  of  Nearnefs  in  the  Love  and  Cove 
nant  of  God,  to  whole  heavenly  Teaching  and 
Help  they  were  recommended.  The  3oth  we  came 
to  Gerfrov  Boaters  at  Lunmore^  and  had  a  good  pre 
vailing  Seafon  that  Evening,  in  the  free  Extendings 
of  the  Gofpel  towards  fome  civil  People  who  came 
to  our  Meeting. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Eleventh  Month  we  came  to  Alary9  i 
fcwn  to  Gerfoon  Boate's  jun.  and  had  a  good  and 
large  Meeting  of  r  riends  and  others  the  next  Day, 
and  fome  good  Service  with  the  Families  in  the 
Evening. 

The  4th  we  had  a  peaceable  and  blefTed  Meet 
ing  in  dtlolonti  many  of  the  People,  and  the  chief 
of  the  Town  came  in,  and  were  very  tender  ;  for 
the  Power  and  Love  ot  God  was  plentifully  fhed 
abroad  among'  ,115  to  our  Comfort.  The  jtli  we 
had  a  Meeting  at  Jacob  Fuller's,  a  powerful  and 
blefled  Time  in  the  free  Reaching  of  divine  Love 
to  Friends  and  many  others ;  and  a  feafonable  good 
Meeting  at  the  Afoot  the  next  Day,  and  the  Day 
following  a  large  and  heavenly  Meeting  ac  Richard 
J-Jolrr>e'x,  among  many  other  People,  to  general 
Satisfaction;  and  another  that  Night,  to  Comfort 
and  good  Service  in  the  Love  of  Truth,  at  Lif- 
mcir.ey. 

The- 


The  Qth  we  went  to  Henry  Fuller's  at  Ballytore, 
and  had  a  large  and  comfortable  Time  in  the  Fa 
ther's  Love  with  fome  Friends  there  that  Night. 
The  loth  we  went  to  the  Province  meeting  ac 
Cafkdermot  which  held  two  Days,  and  Friends  were 
helped  in  the  Lord'.s  Service  together,  and  parted 
in  Comfort.  We  came  back  to  Ballytorey  where 
•we  had  a  large  Meeting  in  the  Evening. 

If  a  'Journal  of  the  remaining  Part  of  this  Fijtt  was 
ly  htm  kept,  it  is  either  mi/laid  or  loji^  but  the  fullowin/r 
Extract  of  a  Letter  wrote  from  this  Place,  to  a  Relation 
in  Yorkshire,  dated  where  the  Journal  breaks  off, 
will  in  part  fuppfy  the  Drjficiency  ;  to  which  is  added  an 
affeftionate  Memorial  of  his  fervent  Regard  to  the  Friends 
of  his  own  particular  Meeting^  from  tbefame  Place. 

cc  DF.AR  COUSIN  G,  M. 
*  ~I"N  frefh  and  near  Love  my  dear  Salutation 
J[  often  and  now  reacheth  to  |hee  and  Mother, 
with  all  my  near  and  dear  Friends  about  you  ;  tho" 
under  pain  of  Heart  that  I  am  unexpectedly  fo  long 
detain'd  from  you  ;  but  for  the  free  AfTurance 
renewed! y, that  the  heavenly  Hand  and  holy  living 
Power  engagcth  me  here  for  the  good  of  Souls,  and 
helping  to  build  up  the  Houfe  for  the  Praife  of  the 
King  of  Righteoufnefs. 

"  When  I  wrote  to  thee  in  the  Ninth  Month, 
I  thought  I  iliould  have  been  with  you  in  the 
Tenth;  and  came  to  Duhl/n,  not  knowing  but  I 
might  leave  this  Nation ;  but  in  the  Way  a  load 
of  Sorrow  and  Weight  grew  upon  me,  and  for 
the  moft  Part  of  two  Days  I  was  exceedingly 
diftrefled,  till  Life  fprang,  and  fet  feveral  Parts  of 
the  Nation  before  me,  both  among  Friends  and  o- 
thersj  and  I  was  freely  given  up  to  turn  back  a- 
gain,  yea  to  go  wherever  Truth  required .  Man/ 
Friends  had  (aid,  they  could  not  but  admire,  if  I 
Trent  then  away,  and  rejoiced  at  my  being  thus 

turned 


C    172    ) 

tyrned  about.  I  had  wrote  again  to  thee  at  tha 
Time,  but  that  I  had  fentfome  Account  to  Frien  s 
at  the  Quarterly  Meeting  at  York  of  my  Stay,  from 
whence  I  conclude  you  heard  where  I  was.  I 
have  travelled  very  clofe  during  a  Month ,  wrh 
great  Toil ;  but  fadsfied  as  much  as  1  could  wifh, 
that  I  was  in  the  Lord's  Counlel  and  Work-  I  and 
three  ofher  Friends  were  Seven  Days  and  Nights, 
and'  had  Meetings  among  other  People,  without 
coming  to  any  Friend's  Houft,  and  travelled  hard, 
having  in  that  Time  rode  near  300  Miles  in  a!  mo  ft 
coniiant  Rain,  which  hurt  my  Health  ;  however 
the  glorious  Name  of  the  Lord  was  with  us,  mA 
was  magnified. 

<(  When  I  had  near  gone  thro'  this  Service,  in- 
ftead  oF  being  able  to  look  towards  Home  with 
Chearfulnefs,  there  feemed  like  D-irknefs  to  {land 
betwixt  me  and  England,  and  my  Heart  is  ftill  drawn 
another  Way,  and  to  go  thro'  the  other  Part  of 
the  Nation  again*  which  I  dare  not  omit,  or  turn 
my  Back  from,  come  what  may  :  For  Truth  Hill 
ieems  to  open  a  Door  for  my  Labour,  wider  and 
•wider,  both  within,  and  to  thofc  without  ;  fo  that 
I  have  now  no  Expedition  of  feeing  you  before 

triic  middle  of  the  fifft  Month. I  hope  to  let  thee 

hear  farther  from  me  when  I  get  fomewhat  more 
difcharged,  and  am  able  to  look  homewards,  or 
otherwife.  I  reft  this  Day,  which  is  more  than 
I  have  done  for  many  Weeks,  yet  am  now  pretty 
well  in  Health,  only  fomewhat  low  at  Times, 
•when  I  think  of  home,  and  my  unexpected  long 
Stay  from  you  and  my  poor  dear  Children,  for 
whom  my  Bowels  yearn  in  Love  and  tender  Care, 
that  they  mav  be  fober,  and  feek  to  fear  and  love 
the  Lord,  and  in  fo  doing  fare  well  ;  and  thus  may 
you  all  fare  well,  fare  well.  I  am  thy  loving 
Friend  and  Coufin,  JOHN  FOTHERGILL. 

P .  S.  May  ft  let  Friends  fee  tiie  few  Lines  inclofed, 

' 


C    173    ) 

^o  Friends  (j/Wcnfleyd"a»e  AontHy-meetwe.  in  York- 
fliire. 

DEAR  FRIENDS, 

A  LTHO'  it  is  ordered  that  I  am  very  un- 
£\^  expected]  y  detained  from  y  u  To  long, 
yet  i«oiy  Goodnefs  hath  been  and  is  pjeafcd  to  fa 
vour  v-ith  renewed  Confirmation  to  my  full  Satisfac 
tion,  in  the  "daily  amending  my  low  ar.ddeep  travel 
ing  Soul,  vv  uh  living  Light"  and  Help  in  his  Pretence, 
bcch  for  daily  Food  ai:d  Qualification  for  ihe  Lord's 
Service,  wherein  >ou  are  often  truly  frefh  in  my 
rear  Remembrance  ;  both  many  Particulars  v,  ho 
arc,  1  hope,  \vaiting  iiiwarcly  in  Hear:  tor  pure 
heavenly  Miniiiradcn  ;.  and  aifo  in  a  general  V^'ay  t 
Ard  deeply  is  my  Scul  often  engaged  in  Prayer,, 
liar  heavenly  Help  may  frequently  luring  in  your 
Souls,  ai.d  encourage  you  lecretl>,  ai.d  c 
your  Hearts  for  the  Caufe  of  the  Lord  in  every  Re 
ly  ect.  and  that  you  may,  both  Eider  and  Y 
er,  Male  and  Female,  be  Ei-couragers  and •  tki j  ers 
.one  of  another  in  the  Ways  of  RigaLeoufnefs,  and 
to  true  Bleflednefs.  And  oh!  my  near  Friends^ 
That  you  may  all  thus  labour  in  Heart  and  Soul, 
and  feel  after  the  looicribg,  Springing  cf  immor 
tal  Life  ;  to  look  to,  and  follow  the  Drawings  of 
the  pure  Love  of  ihe  Lord  God,  the  Redeemer, 
ihe  Succourer,  the  Sirengthener  of  ail  the  true 
and  honourable  Servants,  young  and  old,  in  all 
Ages.  So  \\ill  Hearts  be  difintargled  frrm  the, 
hurtful,  weakning  Affections  towards  Vifibles  of 
all  Kinds,  and  \\iii  be  gradually  brought  into  more 
Dominion  in  ieveral  Refpects,  and  fo  will  you  grow 
both  in  the  KnowJcdge  of  lieavenly  Favour,  .and  in 
quiet  Truft  in  that  invinfible,  living  Power,  which 
is  the  fure  Comforc  of  the  Righteous,  in  and  thro* 
their  unpleafant,  heavy  Places,  and  which  leads  to 
furc  BlelTnig  every  v/ay.  And  I  pray  jjnind  the 
Z  Work 


Work  and  Bufinels  of  the  Lord's  Houfe  and  Fam!* 
ly,  in  the  Lord's  Time,  with  due  Diligence  and 
Faithfuinefs,  in  your  leveral  Places  :  So  may,  and 
I  believe  will,  both  Ability  and  Peace,  and  holy 
engaging  Comfort  from  the  living  Rock  ot  all  t tie 
the  Righteous  Generations,  be  often  with  you;  and 
you  will  often  fare  well,  and  be  nearer  andiavourily 
helpful  one  to  another.  And  tims  with  thele  few 
poor  Lines,  freely  and  very  nearly  reacheth  ray 
Sear  Salutation  to  all  the  Living  amongft  you,  Ire- 
main  your  near  Friend  and  engaged  Brother  for  the 
Help  and  Building  up  of  ail  tht  Lord's  Children  and 
People,  in  the  Glory  and  Praile  of  the  Lord  God 
of  Mercy  and  Salvation)  worthy  to  be  truftcd  in 
and  folio  wed  fully  for  ever. 

JOHN  FOTHER^SILL. 

Towards  the  End  of  this  Year  (as  ajbort  Journal 
informs  us]  he.  vifited  fome  of  the  South  Parts    of 
England,    traveili.ig  with  great  Diligence  through 
LatK4Jjbire^     Cbffiire,     S;affordjl)he>    to    Birmingham^ 
having  Meetings  in  his  Way,  as  alfo  at  this  Place,  to 
his  ibiid  Satisfaction.     From  hence  he  went  thro* 
tf'orceji'tr%  into  Glcucfftvfme^  and  to  Brifiolt  where 
he  was  at   feveral  Meetings  and  of  the  two  laft, 
being  Firft-day,  he  notes  that   *  They  were  large, 
and  the  Seaibns  weighty ,  in  the   Attendance   of 
the  Goff:l- power  ;  the  holy  Tellimonv  where 
of  was  exalted,  and   prevailed   ovtr  Corruption 
and  Vanity,  to  the  Comfort  of  the  Upright,  and 
the  Difcharge  of  his   Spirit  in  a  great  Degree, 
and  the  Nam^  of  the  Lord  God  was  humbly  praif- 
ed  and  worshipped.' 

He  went  from  hence  thro'  Bail)  into  ^iltjkire^ 
having  Meetings  in  his  Way  ;  and  a:  Lavingtun  an 
Evening  Meeting,  to  which  came  many  fober 
People  cf  the  Town,  among  whom  ,  h*:  Lord  open 
ed  his  Heart  aud  Mouth,  ia  the  GoJpel-telHmony, 

wracji 


went  forth  freely  towards  them,  and  the 
Encouragement  ot  the  few  Friends  in  that  Place. 
At  Broomhfim  Meeting,  -where  he  was  on  a  Firft- 
<lay,  many  of  the  neighbouring  People  came  in, 
as  well  as  many  Friends,  and  the  Lord  favoured 
the  Time  wiih  his  Power  and  holy  Prefence,  and 
exalted  hij  righteous  TePiimony  over  all.  From 
hence  he  went  to  the  Devivss,  where  he  had  a 
large  Meeting  that  Night,  to  which  feveral  of  the 
more  confidcrabie  People  of  the  Town  came,  and 
behaved  foberly  ;  and  the  Doctrine  of  the  Gofpcl 
ipread  over  all  with  Weight,  to  general  Satisfacti 
on,  and  the  Glory  of  God,  who  alone  is  worthy, 
and  whofe  Power,  he  adds,  «  fuftaued  my  bodily 
«  Ability,  thro'  much  extremely  fpending  Labour. 

*  there-away,  in  a  wonderful  Manner.' 

After  this  he  had  a  Meeting  at  Mtlkfhapt,  which 
he  mentions  as  *  A  dole  or  plain-dealing  Scafon  ; 
«  alfoat  Calne >  Charlcott,  Chippenham,  and  Gorjkam'} 

*  which  laft,  he  obferves,  was  very  large,  Friends 
«  from  many  other  Meetings  being  there  ;  and  I 
'  was  opened,  fays  he,  and  helped   to  preach  the 

*  Gofpel  in  its  own  Power  and   Counfel,  which 

*  through  divine  Goodnefs  prevailed,  to  the  Help 
«  and  Reviving  of  many,  and  to  my   great  Eafe  of 
'  Spirit  in  that  Part  of  the  Country,  having  been 
'  much  exercifed  under  a  weighty  Senfe  of  a  luke- 
1  warm,  earthly  Spirit   among  the  many  Profef- 
4  fors  of  Truth  there-away  ;  yet  the  Lord  rofe  a- 

*  gainft  it,  to  the  Awakening  of  feveral  to  more 
'  religious  Fervency .  * 

He  went  from  hence  to  Marf)feU^  Deadmarth%  v 
JJuttington  and  fot&uryj  at  which  Places  he  had 
Meetings  which  were  pretty  profitable  and  fatis- 
fa6tory.  At  Nailfwortb  he  was  at  two  Meetings, 
which  were  pretty  large,  confiding  both  of  Friends 
and  other  People  of  different  Profeffions,  and  the 
Power  and  Teftimony  of  the  Gofpel  arofe  amongft* 
Z  z  tkera, 


C 

them,  to  a  good  Degree  of  Satisfaction.  From 
this  Place  he  went  to,  and  had  Meetings  at  Pen- 
fcukk,  where  he  had  a  blcifed  ftrengthcning  Time, 
thro*  heavenly  Goodncfs  and  Mercy  ;  and  fo  to 
Czrenceflcr,  Slow,  Carnhden,  Bridgcnorth,  and  Sib". 
lury.  At  'fhtrttpf&ifto  in  C'jejl:-ire  he --had  a  Meetr  £ 
at  an  Inn,  which  was  an  open  Time,  in  the  free 
Spreading  of  the  Gofpel,  among  many  fober  Peo 
ple,  in  the  Love  of  God.  After  this  he  had  Meet 
ly  at  hewtouw  and  Franky  in  the  fame  County  ; 
from  thence  to  Wooldah  and  fffafaown,  at  both 
•which  Places  he  had  lans'-ac^ory  Meetings,  and  got 
to  j'ork  the  24th  of  the  Firft  Month,  *  where,  /?yj 
'  If,  Frierds  were  truly  comforted  together,  m 

*  the   Power  and   Love   of  God,    which  attended 
*^  the  Meeting  for  our  Help  in  his  Service.     From 
•'hence.    I?  adds  i  I   returned    home,    with   Peace 

*  and  tiue  S-itisfaciion  thro'   the  Lord's  Favour, 
\  whofe  holy  and  great  Name  had,  and   hath  tiic 

*  Praife,  who  is  worthy  to  be  feared,  ferved  and 

*  magnified  for  ever.* 

Whilfl  he  was  npon  his  late  ViHt  in  Ireland,  he 
received  an  Account  of  the  dangerous  Indifpoiition 
of  one  of  hi?  *So!':S,  in  whom,  tho*  he  was  not 
l;hen  twelve  Years  of  Age,  fuch  Indications1  of  lo- 
lid  PiCiy  and  Prudence  above  his  Years,  had  ap- 

p-red, 

*  W'il-liam  Fothergill.      ffe  d'rd  rot  hx?    after  cf 
ft  tctiicus  twdfrirfbl  Jtbiefs,  zvlick  a  peculiar  Evfanefs- 
c/'V(;,"/)f>-,  often  tendered  and  e nc&uraped  by  a   St;.fe   of 
'  c  Rtpard  and  Lea-verify  Support,  enabled  l-im  to  bear 
crr,'^!  ex™  *!,••••}  Paiitfice  arid  Reflation.     A  -'PI  y  of  bis 
iin?    hxprffficns  are  fill   remembered  by  tl-cfe  ii-Jo 
•  il.cr>  ii'itb  {.tin  ;  fts  well  as   niat:y  Irjtarces   of  }is 
and  7->/rr,  during  tie  V'mc  of  bis  A/exit b,  ret  fo 

'pity  ;  tbcfaect  Influence  cf  wbcfe 
.  r,  f,sm\i  o, ;':;?  to  be  tyon  him. 


peared,  as  to  render  his  Life  very  de/irable,  anc£ 
tliis  Account  the  more  afflicting  to  his  Father  ; 
•who  neverthelefs  was  enabled  to  reply  by  Letter, 
that  *  Tho'  he  had  ail  the  Tend  err- els  and  Affection 
'  of  a  Parent  for  his  Child,  )  ct  being  farisfied  ho 
*  was  from  him  in  the  Counfel  and  Service  of  the 
'  Lord,  he  muft  fubmir  all  to  divine  Difpofal." 

In  the  Year  1726,  having, performed  the  feveral 
Services  then  before  him,  and  finding  himlelf  at 
Liberty  to  engage  in  his  temporal  Concerns,  lie  be 
gan  Houfe-kceping  again,  and  applied  fiimfelFwiih 
Diligence  and  Alacrity  in  the  Care  of  his  Family 
and  Bufinefs :  Yet  not  fo  as  to  neglect  a  due  At 
tendance  of  Meetings,  both  for  Worfhip  and  Dif- 
cipline,  being  feldom  abfent  v.  nil  ft  difcngaged 
from  orher  public  Service,  and  from  the  Monthly 
and  Quarterly  Meetings  for  his  own  Country  ; 
often  attending  thofe  of  the  neighbouring  Counties 
like  wife,  as  well  :is  the  Yearly  -  Meetings  in  London, 

In  the  Year  1727  lie  married  Lli^leth  Buck  of 
l\etherdale,  a  Perfon  -of  grave  becoming  ]  >eport- 
menr,  and  fuitable  Age  ;  with  her  he  lived  in  great 
Affection  and  Tenriernefs  the  remaining  Partof  his 
Life,fhe  furviving  him  not  much  more  riiana  Year. 

The  next  Account  that  \vc  have  of  any  public 
Service,  was  a  Vifit  to  Friends  in  Wales  and  the 
South  of  England,  of  which  we  have  the  following 
Relation. 

BEING  drawn  in  Spirit  to  vifit  Wales,  and  fbme 
other  Parts  Southwards  ;  in  the  fore  Part  of 
tiic  Second  Month  i--^:  I  began  my  Journey  f.;r 
that  End,  and  went  b>  .i'^r.ilefer  and  Cbejfar,  and 
fo  to  Bala  in  Ifcles,  where  the  Yearly- -meeting 
for  that  Dominion  was  heki  this  Year;  and 
was  the  Concourfe  of  Poop  e,  who  ia  general  be 
haved  civilly,  and  were  very  attentive  to  the  Tef- 
of  Truth,  which  was  iivii^i/  dsciurcd  by 


C     '78    ) 

irany  Friends  in  the  free  Mcvings  of  the  Power  of 
Truth  that  mercifully  attended  and  afriiled  Friends 
in  the  feveral  Services  of  that  Meeting. 

From  thence  I  went  with  yohn  Goodwin,  to  his  Houfc 
at  Eskerfrauglst)  and  was  at  the  Meeting  there  the 
Diy  following,  being  Fir  ft- day,  wherein  Truth 
prevailed  to  Friends  Comfort,  and  the  lieip  o£ 
fome  ;  divers  of  the  neighbouring  People  then  pre- 
fent,  being  under  fome  Convincement  at  that  Time, 
,  From  this  Place  we  travelled  through  a  moun 
tainous  Country  and  difficult  Roads  to  Llandewy  in 
Car 'digarf hire,  to  tflccmas  Evan's,  and  had  a  little 
Meeting  with  a  few  Friends  thereabouts  the  next 
Day,  and  went  afier  Meeting  to  John  Reefe's  in 
Ctermartforfoire  ;  but  a  Fair  happening  to  be  near 
the  Place,  we  could  not  have  the  Meeting  before 
the  Day  following,  when  we  bad  a  good  little 
Meeting  with  Friends  there-away  in  the  Morning, 
and  then  rode  pretty  faft  to  John  Bowen's,  to  a  Meet 
ing  which  had  been  appointed  there  before.  The 
Day  following  I  travelled  into  Peml>rokefhirey  and 
came  to  James  Lewis's  Houfe,  not  far  from  Red- 
fax,  from  whence  we  went  the  next  Day  to  Haver- 
'fcnfacft:  Here  I  ftaid  till  the  Fifth-day  following, 
and  had  feveral  Meetings  with  Friends,  wherein, 
thro'  the  Help  of  Truth  Friends  fecmed  fomewhat 
routed  np  in  the  Way  of  their  Duty,  to  their  Pro 
fit.  From  thence  I  came"  to  Jamefon^  and  had  a 
pretty  good  Meeting  there,  and  took  my  Leave  of 
Friends  of  that  County . 

On.  the  Sixth-  day  1  came  to  Laghorn,  where  there 
are  but  few  Friends,  >cthad  a  good  Opportunity 
amongft  them,  and  feveral  offers  who  came  in  and 
heard  the  Teftimony  of  Truth  with  Appearance  of 
Gladrefs.  y 

The  next  Day  came  to  Paul  Sevan's  at  Swanzey, 
and  the  Day  following,  being  Firil  day,  wasattwo 
Meetings  [Here,  wherein  the  Power  of  Truth  pre 
vailed 


(     179     ) 

Vailed  and  gained  Dominion,  to  the  Help  of 
and  the  Almighty  was  glorified. 

From  thence  I  came  to  ^Trivereeg  to  'John  Sevan's^ 
and  next  Morning  had  a  little  Meeting  there,  and 
went  that  Night  to  EHJlw  Biddk's  at  Ponttyoolj  where 
I  had  fevcral  Meetings  to  our  Help,  thro*  the  Lord's 
owning  of  us,  blefled  be  his  Name. 

The  next  Fir  it  day  I  was  at  Sbe-mivton  where  there 
•Was  a  pretty  large  Meeting,  which,  thro'  the  Help 
of  Truth,  feemedto  be  of  Service.  The  Day  fol 
lowing  we  eroded  the  Severn  and  got  to  Brijlcl, 
•where  their  Yearly -meeting  was  begun,  and  it 
pleated  the  Lord  of  ail  our  Mercies  eminently  to  own 
and  help  his  People,  great!  y  to  our  Comfort,  and  the 
Exaltation  ot  his  own  Teftimony,  which  feemed  to 
make  Impreinon  on  many  Hearts,  and  the  glorious 
Kame  of  the  Lord  our  God  was  magnified. 

I  llaid  feveral  Meetings  after  this  in  the  City> 
much  ro  my  Satisfaction,  and  from  thence  \vent  to 
the  Quarterly-meeting  for  Gbuceferfoire  held  at 
tfhornlary,  which  was  large,  and  the  Power  and 
Goodnefs  of  the  Lord  was  graciouflyt  extended  a- 
mong  Friends,  to  the  Comfort  of  the  Honefl-heart- 
ed,  and  for  the  Stirring-upofthe  Negligent  amongft 
them  ;  for  divine  Counfci  and  Virtue  was  ftrongiy 
with  us,  in  the  Love  of  God. 

I  went  that  Night  to  Sudb#iyt  and  next  Day  to 
a  Meeting  at  Alelkjham  in  WiltfoirCi  where  the  blef- 
led  Truth,  and  its  own  Tefhmony,  arofe  and  pre 
vailed  to  our  Encouragemnt. 

The  next  Day  I  had  a  large  Meeting  at  Cbarlcott% 
nrid  another  that  Evening  at  GW;;e,  which  the  Lord 
manifeftly  owned,  and  made  truly  helpful  to  the  Up 
right  in  Heart,  as  well  as  awakening  to  the  dull  and 
Earthly-minded. 

The  next  Day  I  had  a  Meeting  at  the  Devize ft 
where  the  Prefence  and  Help  of  the  Lord -was  truly 

in  a  Dependance  upon 
him 


C      186      ) 

him,  to  the  Praife  of  his  own  Name.  That  E/en- 
ing  I  rode  to  AJarflfarougb  to  a  Meeting  appointed 
there.  The  Number  of  Friends  there  is  but  fmall, 
and  are  weakly  in  R  ligion  ;  yet  Help  reached  to- 
towardstliem  in  the  Love  of  God. 

From  hence  I  went  to  kewbury,  and  the  D.ty  fol 
lowing,  being  Firft-day,  had  two  Meetings  prct- 
t>  much  to  SiitUfadtion,  aid  There  ice  <i,  eel  Reafnn 
to  hope,  that  Friends  there,.  who  had 
been  hurt,  may  yet  recover  in  a  religious 
and  become  a  guod  Meeting.  ----- 


tfhe  Account  of  tl  is  j'ournpy  lyr.akixp  off  here,  and 
n^>  ct'^er  mention  of  it  ociuring  in  any  ./  He  Papers  k» 
has  lefty  makes  it  probable,  that  be  wt  iron  ience 
to  tie  Tesrty  il-ecttn?  at  Lovdon  pretiy  directly  ^  And 
'was  prevented  by  ctbcr  Occurrences  tkete  f'rum  continuing 
it  to  his  Return  home. 

He  attended  the  S^tarter'y-wetin?  at  York,  as  was 
vfual  u-ttb  loim,  ir'h  r;  dt/pncrppfd  from  other  Services, 
and  went  from  thence  to  Scurhorougii,  where  he  ft  aid 
fome'Iime,  it  being-  the  Spaw  le.ifon,  and  many  People 
of  Note  then  frVquetttingr  ;>. 

<The  Tear  following  he  was  enraged  to  vrjtt  feme  of 
tie  Southern  Pc.vti  of  England  ags,ixt  and  has  left  the 
following  Account  of  it,  vh. 

IN  the  Year  1733,  a  frefh  Concern  came  upon 
me  to  vifit  fonu  of  the  South  and  Weft  Parts 
oi  England,  and  the  Time  to  fc-t  forward  feem'd  to 
be  in  the  latter  Part  of  the  Ninth  Month  :  I  ac 
cordingly  left  my  Family  the  ibih,  and  was  at 
Leeds,  Ufakffeld  and,  f'ict>t»<WHt  and  to  Bradford) 
where  rny  Friend  Benjamin  Bartlety  being  under  a 
Concern  to  go  with  me,  was  making  ready  for 
the  Journey,  and  on  die  30^1  we  Jet  out  for  Shef 
field,  where  we  fbii  Firlt  day,  and  then  went 
pretty  directly  into  ffitirwickfort)  v;here  \ve  had 

Meet- 


C    »«i    ) 

ings  at  Jladgky  and  Wtpinvfefti  and  on  the  Se 
venth-day  got  to  Birmfvgfaant;  where  on  the  Day 
following  we  had  two  large  Meetings,  which  were 
preciouily  attended  by  heavenly  Power,  much  to 
the  Comfort  of  the  Living,  and  tending  to  rouze 
up  the  Negligent  to  our  great  Gladnefs  in  the 
Lord. 

The  zd  of  the  Tenth  Month  we  went  to  #^7- 
verlampton,  and  that  Evening  had  a  Meeting  with 
the  few  Friends  in  that  Place,  to  which  came  ma 
ny  foberly  behaved  People,  towards  whom  the 
Love  or  God  extended  much  to  our  Comfort. 

The  3d  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Dudley  wherein 
Truth  owned  us,  to  the  Help  of  Friends ;  and  the 
4th  we  went  back  to  Birttfaigkam,  to  a  Burial, 
•which  was  attended  by  a  large  Number  of  People; 
>and  thro*  divine  Favour,  it  was  made  a  Time  of 
Profit  to  many. 

The  5th  we  went  to  Sturbri^e^  and  the  6th  to 
Broom/grove  ;  at  both  which  Places  we  had  Meet 
ings  ;  "and  on  the  yth  to  If'orcefter,  where  on  Firfr- 
day  we  were  at  two  Meetings,  to  pretty  good 
Sati.;,fa£ion  ;  as  alfo  a  Comfortable  Seaibn  in  the 
Evening,  with  a  pretty  many  Friends  who  came 
to  lee  us,  at  Join  Gorbiv's. 

On  Second- day  v/e  went  to  ZTw/l/ww,  where  on 
the  Day  following  we  had  a  Meeting  witii  Friends, 
und  rode  that  Night  to  ^Te-iv^lury^  and  had  a.  Meet 
ing  with  Friends  there  that  Evening,  which  the 
Lord  was  pleaicd  to  attend  with  his  Power,  to  our 
great  Encouragement. 

On  Fourth-day  we  went  to  Ghucefter,  and  had  a 
comfortable  little  Meeting  with  the  tew  Friends 
there  that  Evening ;  and  another  at  Naiyuftrib  on 
Fifth  day.  The  next  Day  we  had  a  Meeting  at: 
Stattciford,  where  Friends  from  divers  other  Pla 
ces  met  us,  and  the  Lord  was  pleated  to  comfort 
A  a  and 


and  ercouri<re  our  Hearts  together,  In  the  bleffed 
Scnf"  of  !;is  living  Power. 

O  S-  vc-'  th  day  we  came  to  Bathy  and  had  two 
Meetings  there  next  Day,  and  rode  to  Rriftol  the 
Thin-!  da>'  Morning  to  the  Meeting  held  there 
that  Day,  wherein  we  were  favoured  with  the 
Senfe  of  antient  and  divine  Help  to  our  Comfort, 
We  (hid  at  Briftol  a  Week,  and  had  leveral  Meet- 
Ings  there,  one  of  which  was  very  large  on  Ac 
count  of  a  Bn  rial  ;  thro*  all  which  Opportunities 
the  ancient  Power  and  Prc  fence  of  the  Lord  own 
ed  and  ftrengthened  us,  and  the  Lord  God  was 
'magnified. 

.  The  zd  of  the  Eleventh  Month  we  went  to  Port- 
foed%  and  had  a  pretty  large  and  profitable  Meeting. 
On  Fifth  and  Sixih  Day-s  we  had  Meetings  at  Sittcot 
and  Brjdtrwattr  ;  and  from  hence  to  °t  aunton,  AJine- 
loead,  IktUvertWi  Ifellrr-ffton^  tyi-'elftxcli  ard  Cclump- 
icn\  in  ail  which  P.ares  we  hud  Meetings,  .and 
fon  e  prcfitable  Scafoiis  in  them. 

On  Firit-d.iy  we  were  at  a  pretty  large  Meeting 
at  Lxcter^  and  the  next  Day  had  a  good  Time,  and 
fome  good  S.rv.cc  with  JRrietids  there  in  their 
Monthl  .-mceriiig  for  the  Atfairs  of  the  Church. 
On  Third-  day  v,  c  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends, 
and  fome  Neighbours  that  can.e  in  at  dklct  Cafuet, 
other  next  Day  in  the  Evenin  at  Panel's. 


venng 

Ou  Fifth-da  v  we  went  to  Kwpsbridtre*  and  had  a 
cornforra^Ie  Mtctiiig  with  Friends  there  ;  and  an- 
c^hero.'f  Sixth-day  i  :  t'ie  Eveiu^g  at  fJulyton,  to 
w!-.ich  Cam--.  fe'-^-r.L  fobcr  People,  with  whom  we 
had  a  gord  ()pportur;i[y  .  On  Seventh-day  we 
went  to  P!y.>,  o/'th,  and  on  Firft-day  had  t*o  re- 
nia*  kuble  M-eti.ips  rhe,  e,  thro'  rhe  powerful  Work 
ing  of  Trutlj.  Oi  Second  day  v-e  went  to  Ger-  . 
/,  av  d  had  a  biefied  Meeting  with 
Friends  t.:K-r-:  tint  Evening  O  i  Third-day  we 
went  to  a  Meeting  at  Liskardt  to  which  man/ 

Friends 


C    183-  0 

Friends  came  from  difhnt  Places,  and  the  Lord 
helped  us  gracfoufly  ro  our  Comfort.  On  Four,  h- 
day  u  e  had  a  Meeting  at  1  ooy  where  the  Lord's 
Power  and  V\  ifdom  plentifully  owed  and  relieved 
our  Souls,  and  much  encouraged  Ft  ie^os. 

On  F.fin  day  v  e  went  to  du{lily  and  had  a  large 
and  helpful  Meeting  there,  through  the  Arifirgs 
of  divine  P-wer,  tending  ro  eftablift  in  the  Fairh, 
and  in  the  Practice  of  the  Go(;-el.  We  lodged  that 
Kig-it  at  Sar^uel  f/opivoo4*st  who  went  wiih  us  on 
Su  th-day  towards  the  Land's  Lnd ;  near  which 
Place,  at  Snwany  we  had  a  large  and  open  Meet 
ing  on  the  Firil-day  fallowing,  ana  then  came 
btck  to  Perzame  to  a  Meeting  thac  Evei  i-?q,  to 
\vhich  came  many  of  the  Town's- people.  O .....  Se 
cond -cUy  We' had  a  Meeting  v.  i.li  Friends  th-.-re-a- 
bouts,  at  Afarket-Jrw,  and  came  that  Night  To  F*l- 
mouth,  where  on  Tfiird  day  TJC  had  a  Meeting 
wiih  Friends,  which  the  Lord  our  God  greatly 
favoured  in  the  powerful  Extehdfngs  of  Gofpei- 
life  and  Wifdom  for  Friends  Help  in  a  faving  M,in- 
ner.  Oa  Fourth-day  we  had  a  Meeting  at  A>y, 
\vhere  fome  other  People  came  in,  and  Truth  was 
pleafed  to  own  us,  and  open  us  towards  them,  for 
their  true  Information,  and  the  Comfort  of  Friends. 

Oil  Fifth  day  we  went  a  crofs  the  Country  to 
Wavebridge^  on  Sixth  day  to  Port  Ifaac,  and  had  a 
good  Meeting  with  Friends,  and  a  pretty  many 
foberly- behaved  People,  thro'  the  free  ExcencJin/,s 
of  the  Virtue  of  the  Gofpel.  We  lodged  at  John 
Scantkbury'S)  who  went  wiih  us  onFirft  day  Morn 
ing  to  a  Place  called  Dennis,  where  we  had  a  glo 
rious  and  precious  Meeting  in  a  Field,  with  many 
Hundreds  of  People  w  ho  were  met  there,  and  be- 
liaved  with  remarkable  Sobriety.  We  afterwards 
rode  to  /Infill  to  Samuel  HopwooeTsj  where  we  Had 
a  good  Opportunity  with  feveral Friends  who  came 


to  fee  us  that  Evening. 


A  a  2  On 


C 

On  Second-day  we  came  to  Alltcn,  ard  had  3 
good  little  Meeting  with  Friends  who  live  there 
abouts;  another  .on  Third- da/  at  Coll/ngton,  and 
•went  on.  Fourth-day  to  Oakfamptcn,  where  on 
Fifth-day  we  had  a  Meeting,  in  which  the  Lord 
favoured  us  with  his  living  Prefence,  and  enabled 
us  -co  publifh  the  Teftimpny  of  the  Gofpel  among 
fome  fc'icr  People  of  the  Town,  who  came  in; 
aud  for  the  Help  of  Friends,  who  had  been  exer- 
c  u-.<i  by  a  wronj.'  and  dividing  Spirit,  which  had 
e  :i".:ared  fome  of  them,  and  particularly  a  Man  and 
his  Wife,  with  whcm,  and  feme  others,  we  ha4 
nvach  Libonr  a^ter  Meeting. 
^  On  Sixth  Day  we  came  to  Exeter,  and  on  Firfl-r 
dav  \\e  had  a  large  helpful  Meeting,  in  the  Love 
oc  'Truth,  ro  iht  Burrbiing  and  true  Benefit  of  many . 
O  '  day  we  were  at  their  Monthljr- meeting 

for  the  Ait.'irsofthe  Church,  where  we  had  lorne, 
Service,  in  the  continued  merciful  Helpings  of 
Tiuth.  On  Fourth-day  we  had  a  Meeting  at 
Cr;v/,  of  which  prtvifjus  Notice  having  been  given, 
itveral  Friends  met  us  there  from  divers  Piaces';. 
and  thatKi'.'ht  we  iiad  a  large  and  weighty  Meet 
ing  at  flminfttr.  On  Ki Fill-day  we  had  a  large  and 
baptising  Meeting  at  Lon^Sntu-n^  thro*  the  merci 
ful  Prevailing  of  the  Gofpel-power  ;  and  another 
in  tne  E'/ening  with  Friends  at  Somerton.  OnkiKiii- 
day  we  went  to  a  Meeting  at  Glaprnlury,  wh?cli 
•was  pretty  large,  and  an  edifying  Se.dbn,  in  the. 
Prevailing  oftlie  Power  of  Truth,  a:,d  the  Al- 
mi^hry  Helper  had  the  Glory. 

Oi  Fir(t-day  we  were  at  a  General-mee.iing  at 
Tiiddimore,  to  which  fome  fober  People  came,  as 
v/eil  as  pretty  many  Friends,  and  Truth  extended 
comfortably  towards  them.  On  Second-day  we 
had  a  pretty  large  Mc:tbg  at  Sliwon  mallet y  of  di 
vers  fober  People  benMcs  Friends,  and  tne  Lovs 
and  Power  of  the  Lord  our  God  \vcre  among  ft  us. 

CM 


C    185    ) 

On -Third -day  we  cart;  e  to  Freeze,  and  had- a 
Meeting  there  in  the  Evening,  which  wa<  very 
large,  and  of  various  Profeffions,  mm?  of  whom 
attended  to  the  Teftimony  of  Truth,  which  ran 
Jfreely  among  them  ;  and  we  were  much  eafed  in 
that  Meeting,  and  comforred  in  the  Lord. 

On  Fourth-day  we  came  to  Bradford  in  tfllijbirej 
and  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends  there,  and  lodged 
at  Jcfeph  //#//"«,  where  feveral  FJ -lends  came  to  fee 
us,  and  the  Lord  gave  us  a  good  Scalbn  together 
that  Evening. 

On  Fifth-dav  we  came  to  Tedbury,  and  had  a 
Meeting  there  with  Friends,  and  Tome  others  who 
came  in,  to  our  Comfort,  in  the  Senfe  of  divine 
Mercy  and  Regard  extended  to  us. 

On  Sixth  day  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Qrencefer 
in  the  Evening,  which  was  to  our  Satisfaction  ;  as 
yrere  likewife  two  Meetings  which  we  were  at  on 
the  Firll-day  following  at  Shipton. 

On  Second-day  we  went  to  Benjamin  A'wW's  at 
£  anbury,  and  the  next  Day  to  a  Meeting  at  South- 
Newton,  where  Friends  from  feveral  other  Meet 
ings  came,  and  the  Lord  our  God  mercifully  fa 
voured  us,  and  gave  us  a  blcfled  Opporcunky  to 
gether. 

On  Fourth-day  we  went  to  Warwick,  where  we 
had  a  Meeting  among  Friends,  truly  to  our  Com 
fort,  in  the  Prevailing  of  the  Lord's  Power:  We 
came  to  WiWam  Gidfon'sat  Coventry  that  Night,  aj  1 
the  next  D.r/  had  a  large  Meeting  there,  wf 
the  Love  and  Power  of  Chrift  glorioufly  pr.".vjiied, 
and  the  Lord  our  blefled  Helper  had  the  Honour, 
worthy  for  ever.     Ofi  Sixth  day  we  'xui  ;i 
Meeiir.g  at  NunugorL,  where  many  fbber   P 
C3me,  and  the  Go! pel  of  Silvition  **'*"• 
towards  the  Meet  ing,  and  ha 

.'iris  ,  we  came 


C     186     ) 

day,  where  irary  Pecp'e  from  'diftar.t  Parts  were 
gathered,  both  F/k'ndj,  and  others,  and  the  Lord 
opened  the  TVftimony  of  the  Gofpd  of  Salvation, 
through  Faith  ir-  his  Njmc-,  ir  a  precious  M-inner  '3 
and  we  parrcd  wrh  Fr  k  d>  i-  a  near  Senfe  of  the 
Love  and  Power  of  G^d,  and  ro  his  Prdfe. 

O  Second-day  we  fee  out  ror  the  North,  vific- 
ine;<eveia{  Frends  by  the  Way,  nnd  came  th.it 
N'mht  to  Derty. 

On  Third-da  t/  we  viflred  fome  who  were  lately 
convinced  in  that  hard  Town,  \\i<h  whom  \\e 
were  comforted,  and  left  them  in  Hope.  We 
came  that  Ni^htto  Rrc?ck,  expec~ri  g  ro  huve  had 
a  Mectirg  t'nere  that  Evening,  but  the  interckd 
Notice  had  failed  ;  fo  came-  to  O-^crf-ld,  were  v,e 
had  a  Meeting  on  Founh-day,  wherein  the  Arm 
«f  the  Lord  our  God  reached  mercifully  for  the 
Kelp  and  Building-up  in  fhe  moft  precious  Faith, 
to  our  Gladnefs  and  Comfort;  tho*  we  were  very 
fenfible  of  a  Lofs  to  the  Meeting,  by  Reafon  of 
feveral  Friends  betnj*  abferit. 

On  Fifth-day,  betpcthe  6th  of  the  firft  Morth, 
we  came  to  Brsdfcrdj  being  both  v\  ell,  and  in  true 

Love  and  Nearnef*  one  ro  another. 

t be  Psrptrs  containing  an  Account  of  this  Vipt^ 
tie  following  Ityiftle   fo  a  Quarterly-meeting 
•wloiclt  they  were  preiettted  from  attending  in  Perjont 

viz. 

I 

cc      DrAllFEIENDS, 

A  LTHO*  we  hiid  once  a  Defire  and  Hope 
j£\.  to  be  with  you  at  this  Meeting,  yet  now 
it  is  otiierwife  ordered  ;  neverthelefsfomc Concern 
refts  with  us  to  fend  you  a  few  Lines;  in  a  near  and 
encouraging  Salutation,  in  a  fure  Senfe  of  our  Fa 
ther's  Love  to  you  all,  who  have  been  born  of  in- 
corrupiablc  Seed,  by  the  humbling  Workings  of 
the  Power  of  the  Wcrd  of  God.  which  liveth  and  a- 

bide;h 


bideth  for  eve r  ;  and  wjjo  Have  a  careful  Concern 
at  He;m  to  be  nouriiBed  and  ouickncd  by  its 
fi^fb  Springs  ofi-ife,  which  is  the  Light  of  fcCen^ 
in  a  rv-  ij'irais  Scr-fe,  thVough  ail  A^es  :  We  having 
to  ho;  ^  ard  believe,  tin  r-;  arc  juch  among  vou, 
who  of  Nece/Tity  mud  ofren  be.  under  deep  AfHIc- 
t:o:  of  Spirit,  both  for  the  S*ke  of  our  profefled 
B  erhn  •]>,  a1  d  cf  eciaily  forihe  Honour  of  Truth, 
and  rhe  Peace  and  Wei  Fire  of  the  Church. 

**  And  deep  Longing  is  in  our  Souls,  and  we  ac 
cordingly  with  Earneftnefsadvife,  that  you  all  may 
feck  rightly-  for  the  powerful  Influences  of  this 
bi-;ffed  and  incorruptable  Seed  in  yourfc!'/e<,  fo 
that  you  may  be  born  of  irt  into  the  heavenly  Re 
lation  and  Union,  by  that  divine  Word  which  ever 
liv-s ;  and  fo  v,ill  you  become  fpiritiiaiiy  minded, 
and  Partakers  together  of  that  one  Life,  which  harh 
made  the  Lord's  People  one  in  Heart :  And  by,  and 
in  the  Light  of  this  divine  Life,  the  Faithful  have 
received  a  true  1/nderftap.d inland  found  Judgment, 
and  are  likewife  preferved  in  OneneO,  both  of 
Judgment  and  Practice,  in  confeiling  Chriil  before 
Men ;  for  God  is  one,  and  bis  Ways  are  one  for  e- 
ver. 

"  But,  on  the  other  Hand,  many  amongft  us, 
fiifferirig.  the  Earth,  and  F'cfli  with  its  By-ends,  to 
cover  or  load  the  divine  Seed,  or  its  Appearance 
in  their  Hearts,  know  not  what  it  is  fo  be  born  of 
it,  and  fo  come  not  ioto  the  heavenly  Relation  and 
Brotherhood,  nor  to  be  Wimelfers  of  the  one  Life 
ariimg  in,  and  leavening  their  Hearts  and  Spirits  into 
true  GodlineCs;  nor  what  it  is  to  become  Walkers 
in  the  Light,  in  thq  one  Way,  and  one  Practice, 
to  the  Glory  and  Honour  of  the  one  Faith,  and 
Order  of  the  Houfe  and  Family  of  the  one  Truth, 
and  unchangeable  God. 

"  Oli  Friends  !  that  you  may  be  prevailed  with 
to  apply  youf&lve&w  ton&kr  ihsfe  Obfervations 

"duly 


C     188     ) 

duly  in*  ynurfelves ;  and  be  helped  to  feek  the  Pow 
er  and  Life  of  the   Word,  a./.d  ro  wai[  for  ur.d  v.  ulk 
in  the  one   heavenly  Li^iK,  io   a>  ih.i:   you  may 
know  if  morc'and  more,    and  be  b.vr!  .,..:  i 
true  Onencrls,  and  may  follow  the  one  cv;-. 
Kigji-prielt  abundantly  more,  and  to  your  own  un- 
fpeakable  Comfort. 

41  But  you  may  remember,  force  of  the  antient 
profcilcd  Believers  were  fo  ne^uge  :t  and  urih 
as  to  continue  in  the  carnal  Minn  ;  and  fo  LAvi- 
iionsuere  amoagll  ihem,  «nd  various  fclfifh  and 
pernicious  PradtLes;  fome  cftceaii.:g  Perfons  more 
Chan Chrift  the  Truth,  which,  though  the/  were 
fuch  as  were,  or  had  been  righciy  prepared  and 
lent  in  hi,  Nime  for  their  Gathering,  was  ni^niy 
oiivi.fivc  to  God  :  And  a>  the  lame  (Juufe  will  pro* 
du.e  the  fame  hurtful  EfFeCts,  we  intreat  you,  our 
Friend^  even  chro*  the  Couuty,  bora  eider  and 
younger,  in  order  to  a\'oid  and  to  be  helped  out  of 
thefe  Inconveniences  and  Danger  of  greater  Hurt^ 
feek  after,  and  wain  \viiii  d;;e  Diligence  io  flri  the 
Power  of  the  Word  of  Life  ro  fill  your  Hearts,  ani 
alfo  for  Frefli  Ari/ingS'oftbe  pure  humbiiag  Lifa 
and  Light  thereof,  fo  wuiyou  become  a  more  living 
Pccpie,  and  much  m  religious  and  zealous 

for  the  Lord,  yet  in  thac  Wiidom  vvii.ch  corn^s 
from  the  Loi'd  jefus  Can't,  t'iw  o>  c  Head  of  t'ie 
true  Church  ;  and  vour  £ycs  -l  a:  d 

kept  open,  and  you;*  i'l?-^  c  v<.  md  di-i«.uiih. 

the  true  Shepherd  ,.r;d  »;!•>  V..i  :e,  from  riie  alluring, 
enticing,  feduci/  i  r.-f^jcitag  the 

Gain,  and  the  Liber  tie  !          of  the  \Vorld; 

and  concerning  I  .  ;-.ki:g,  conten 

tious  Spirit,  which  ha  ..•_•  in  divers 

Pisces,  to  thc;r  H  i1  ady,  as  weH 

as  in  a  forr  a  -ome  ot'.itr  Parts,  to  the 

Scandal  of  Religion  :  whicn  Spirit,  aud  de 

ceiving  Eiideiivourcj  io  Igw  Dii'cord,.  and  fcutter  in 
to 


C    189    ) 

jo  By-ways  for  its  own    Honour  and  Advantage^ 
without  any  true  Regard  to  the  Honour  of  God,  be 
•you  nil  warned  and  jiand  clear,  left  any  fhould  become 
Inftrumcnts  thereby  of  more  Hurt  andConfufion, 
than  yet  hath  been  amongft  you. 

"  Thus  have  \ve  endeavoured  Co  difcharge  our- 
ielves  towards  you,  in  the  certain  Senfe  of  th& 
Love  and  Good-will  of  God,  which  hath  not  only 
opened  our  Under  (landings  and  Hearts  on  your 
Account  in  divers  Relpc&s,  but  feemed  to  point  out 
this  Way  to  difcharge  ourfelves  towards  Friends  of 
your  County*  and  that  it  may  be  more  generally 
feen,  if  you  be  willing  to  fend,  Copies  hereof  to 
them,  which  we  defire  ;  and  remain  your  truly 
loving  Friends  in  the  Sincerity  cf  the  Golpel  of 
Chrift  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  and  Law-giver. 
'Ike  gth  of  the  fwelfih  JOHN  FOTHERG ILL. 

Month)  1733-4.  BENJAMIN  BIRTL.ET." 

In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend,  dated  from  Port  Jfaac,  f/£- 
»n  this  jc!!r?}eyt  he  gfoes  the  following  Account . 

*'  My  help  is  iuftained  merciiully,  and  holy' 

Help  afforded  to  Jive,  and  labour  in  the  Service  for 
which  1  am  drawn  here-away  ;  in  a  Manner  whicii 
joccafions  reverent  Bowing  ot  Soul  before  the  Lord, 
and  revives  m^  Faith  in  his  Name,  who  hath,  as  it 
is  his  Due,  the  Praife  of  all  :  And  tho*  it  is  a  Time 
of  great  Low  nefs  here-away,  refpedting  that  Do-, 
minion,  */hidi  Chrift  fliould  have  in  the  Hearts  o£ 
his  People;  yet  the  Father's  Love  in  Mercy  often, 
ftronglyruns,  and  in  Part  prevails  to  the  Comfort 
and  Joy  of  the  truly  Inward  :  And  the  fearching 
piercing  Labour,  at  Times,  makes  forne  Impreflion, 
giving  to  hope,  that  it  will  not-be  quite  in  vain. 
However,  the  Arm  of  the  Lord  is  working  and 
helps  the  truly  Honeft,  whereof  we  have  a  Share  of 
Rejoicing  in  him,  and  hoi/  Thankfulnefs  for  his 
humbling  Kelp  from  Day  to  Day  :  and  my  Heart 
3  IP  ft 


C    19°    *) 

is  deeply  reverent  at  this  Time  in  mentioning  divine 
Mercy  herein.  We  have  bi;en  through  one  Side 
of  Somtrfetjbirc,  moil  of  Devon,  and  at  the  Land's-end 
in  this  County  :  We  expect  it  will  be  near  three 
Weeks  before  we  pet  thro*  Somerfetjbire,  from 
•whence  we  propofe  to  go  homewards  pretty  rea 
dily.  J.  F. 

About  the  Year  1733  his  fecond  Son  Thomas 
ill)  died  in  the  Twenty -fecond  Year  of  his 
Age  :  Of  whom,  our  Father  has  been  often 
heard  to  fay,  that  le  never  once  difpleafcd  him  :  And 
as  he  had  feared  GOD,  and  honoured  his  Parents  from 
his  Youth  upwards,  fo  felt  his  Dillulution  ap 
proaching  without  Terrorj  and  departed  in  Inno- 
cency  and  Peace.  And  fo  manifeft  was  the  religious 
Awe  that  was  upon  him,  both  in  Meetings,  and  in 
his  general  Converfation,  as  often  to  imprefs  the 
Beholders  with  a  Senfe  thereof,  and  to  excite  fome 
that  were  lefs  regardful  of  their  Duty  in  this  Re- 
Ipecl:,  to  more  Diligence. 

After  he  returned  from  this  laft  Vifit,  he  was  not 
any  long  Time  together  abfent  from  home  :  He 
vifited  neverthelefs  many  of  the  neigbouring  Meet 
ings,  and  was  often  concerned,  by  Letters  to  ad- 
vife,  both  fuch  of  his  Children  as  were  not 
under  his  immediate  Tuirion,  alfo  many  particular 
Perfons,  as  well  as  fome  Monthl/  and  Quarterly- 
Meetings,  to  mind  the  Day  of  their  Vifitacion,  and 
humbly  and  fteadiiy  to  feek  the  Lord  and  his  Truth ; 
and  fo  was  he  often  the  inftrumental  Means  of  Af- 
fiftance  and  Encouragement  to  many  of  their  reli 
gious  Duties.  As  fome  fuch  Letters  have  been  pre- 
ferved,  that  were  wrote  about  this  Time,  we 
thought  it  not  improper  to  inferc  fome  Extracts 
from  them  in  this  Plage,  «;&. 


DEAR  SON, 


T  T  is  not  unpleafant  to  have  neceflar7  Occa- 
[  fions  of  writing  to  thee  given  me,    becaule 
I  douoc  not  but  to  hear  from  me  is  very  acceptable: 
And  as  a  Degree  of  divine  Love,  I  believe,    tinc 
tures  my  Spirit,  both  in  remembring  and  writing 
to  thee  ;  I  hope   there  may   fome  helping   Encou 
ragement  attend  it,  and  profitably  affect  thee  in  the 
beft  Senfe  ;    which,  as  a  Longing  or  Defire  hath 
been  begot,  and  fome  Taftes  afforded  thee  in  the 
Father's  Good*  will,  he  will  not  negled,  tho*   he 
fufiers  a  plunging  into  Sorrow,  and  Doubt  of  get 
ting  rightly  along,  to  attend;  in  order  to  keep  befi: 
Care  and  Purfuit  necetfarily  vigorous,  and  fecond- 
ary   Things  in  their  Places;   which  is  the  Safety, 
Beauty  and  true   Riches  of  Men.     For  heavenly 
Care  leads  to  a  quiet  and  balanced  Sort  of  Living 
and  Walking  here  on  Earth  ;    a  Favour  and  Pri- 
viledge  of  the  unfpeakable  Advantage,  and  which 
Multitudes  deprive  thenifelves  of,  by    being  their 
chief,  and  many  almoft  their  whole  Application  to 
feek  Terreftrials  ;  and  fo  want  the  Stay  of  all  Stays 
in  needful  Times.     Thus  near  Love  and  Care  in 
my  Heart,    ceafcth  not  to  prompt  me  to  defire  and 
long  for  thy  right  Improvement,  which  I  am  ftiil 
given  reneWedly  to  hope  will  be  granted.  ------ 

------  u  My  true  Salutation  attends  thee,  under 

a  continued  Defire  that  thou  may  'ft  often  reverent 
ly  and  duly  keep  in  Mind,  from  whom  all  lafling 
Good  comes,  and  whofe  Addition  to  our  Endea 
vours,  ^give  the  valuable  Improvement;  and  that 
labouring  to  walk  and  acl:  in  fieady  Regard  to, 
and  Hope  in  God,  will  bring  the  moft  holy  Quiet, 
and  Serenity  of  Mind  at  home,  and  gain  the  moft 
truly  honourable  Regard  abroad  ;  and  at  the  fame 
Time  help  to  walk  fafely  on  this  Sea  of  Glafs,  to 
which  this  World  may  be  well  compared  ;  where 
fore  look  carefully  to  Truth,  and  the  Beauty  of  its 
B  b  z  Sim- 


Simplicity,  and  thou  wilt  have  to  behold  the  reeW 
ing  chaffy  Spirit  and  Ways  of  this  World,  ra 
ther  with  an  Eye  of  Scorn  than  Love,  and  be 
thankful  that  thou  art  in  Msafure  already  gather'd 
and  fet  above  it.  And  it  will  be  good  to  confideiy 
alfo,  that  though  Diligence  is  a  great  and  neceflary; 
Thing,  and  in feeking  divine  Favour  the  molt  pro 
fitable,  becaufe  therein  is  all  Treafure,  both  for 
Time  and  Ecernity,  and  there  is  certainly  a  Blef- 
•/jng  from  God  on  the  truly  piligrent ;  -yet  it  may 
Jikewife  be  neceflary  to  remember,  that  the  Race 
is  net  alwayis  to  the  Swift,  but  Patience,  with  the 
JExercile  of  Faith  in  the  hidden  Arm  of  Power, 
brings  to  fee  great  Things  many  Ways :  And  thus, 
duar  Child,  may  the  Hand  of  the  God  of  the  Living' 
be  with  thee,  and  guide  thee  in  his  Counfcl,  and  t<^ 
his  Praife  ;  and  this  is  my  earned  Longing  for 

thee. 

"  Thy  Lownefsand  doubtful  Stile,  on  the 

greateft  Account,  affected  me  nearly,  yet  hath  not 
been  very  painful  to  me,  becaufe  every  Birth  (of 
divine  Appointment)  is  attended  with  prefeat  Un- 
eaflncfles,  and  in  a  certain,  and  fometimes  very 
^icavy  Manner;  and  the  Senfe  of  the  Danger  and 
Difficulty,  tho' fometimes  it  fvvells  to  a  difcoura- 
ging  Degree,  yet  hath  this  Effect  with  the  Honeft  ; 
j't  improves  Fear  and  Care  with  earneft  and  humble 
Diligence,  in  walking  mindfully,  a«nd  breathing 
the  more  hungrily  after  the  Succour  and  Stay  of 
the  invifible  'Hand,  which  deJkhts  in  doing  his 
Children  Good,  and  feeding  fct  with  feeming 
iShortnefs  of  Mcafure,  and  without  that  Difpatch 
of  the  Wrork  which  the  Creature  would  have  ;  fo 
that  it  requires  Time  to  learn  neceflary  Patience, 
and  what  it  is  to  live  by  Faith;  wherefore,  dear 
$w,  as  a  wife  Man  hath  exhorted,  with  fill  thy  Gct- 
tin^  get  Unkvfandin*  ;  I  accordingly  ir>treat  thcr, 
|o  fsek  principally  after  Iraprovcmcnt  in  Acquaint- 

anrir 


(     193     3 

ance  with  the  fan&ifying  Hand,  and  to  learn  tli$ 
Way  and  the  End  of  its  turning;  and  alfothat  Stii- 
nefs  is  required,  when  we  fee  that  no  Hand  but  the 
Lord's  can  open  the  Way,  and  bring  the  long'd- 
for  Help  ;  and  yet  that  Help  and  Salvation  is  to  be 
looked  for  reverently  and  hopingly  ;  and  in  fb  ap-- 
pl)  ing  on  our  Part,  the  Lord  our  ^ra,cious  God 
doth  and  will  delight  to  regard,  as  d  work  fo,  that 
his  Arifing  may  fill  the  Soul,  and  engage  it  in  pre- 
ient  Gladnefs,  and  ftrengthened  Faith  in  his  Arm, 
and  renewed  Truft  yet  to  travel  on  :  And  t/ius  his 
gracious  Workings  bring  forth  Praife  and  holy 
Admiration,  to  his  great  and  mighty  Name,  where 
in  alone  is  that  Salvation,  and  thofe  Riches,  that 
are  good  for  ail. 

"  May  the  feeling  Knowledge  hereof,  and  an 
humble  Hope  and  Truft  to  be  guided  and  balanced 
by  the  invifible  Holy  One,  guard  and  ftay  thee, 
thro'  the  unfetJing  Struggles  that  may  attend  thee: 
For  betwixt  the  Converie  and  Purfuits  of  the  nn- 
rnortified  World,  however  poliiVcl  by  human  En- 
jieavours,  and  the  earthly  Nature  in  ourfelves,  with 
the  gilded  Appearance  of  Penetration,  Compre- 
henfivenefs  of  Reafoningand  Finefle  of  many  among 
the  more  learned  Part  of  Mankind,  and  the  little, 
low,  yet  pure  andpowcrrul  Seed,  which  at  Times 
makes  hfelf  known  indifputably,  yet  hides  itfclf 
again  :  Creature?  are  liable  to  dangerous  Tellings  ; 
and  good  Beginnings,  Ideas,  and  Defines  of  God's 
own  begetting,  have  unhappily  mifcarried,  and  in- 
ftead  of  coming  nearer  the  Experience  of  Salvation 
being  as  Walls  and  Bulwarks  about  them,  in  a 
cmiet  Habitation  ;  too  many  (for  want  of  carefully 
looking  towards  the  true  Port)  have  been  gradu 
ally,  by  one  Wave  after  another,  carried  off  to 
Sea  again,  and  Ship  wreck'd  in  the  loofe,  unbot- 
tomed  Conceptions  and  Interefts  of  this  W^orld. 
\\rherefore  cleave  clofe,  I  pray  thee,  to  the  im- 

mo- 


C    194    ) 

movable  Rock,  the  Spiritual  Appearance  of  the 
Father  and  the  Son,  in  whom  is  all  Might,  and  all 
Sufficiency  ;  and  I  fully  believe  he  will  be  thy  God, 
thy  Saviour,  thy  Shepherd,  to  lead  and  feed  thee, 
thy  Shield  and  exceeding  great  Reward.  j4mfn. 
The  beft  Love  is  frefli  upon  me  towards  thee  to 
m)  Comfort  ;  and  hath  drawn  me  thus  to  make 
thefe  Obfervations  for  thy  Caution  and  Encourage 
ment  in  the  beft  Pnrfuits. 

"    As  my  Mind  hath  been    concerned  in 

much  affectionate  Care  on  thy  Account,  and  fome- 
times  a  lively  Hope  hath  affected  my  Soul  with 
Comfort,  that  thou  might'ft  become  a  Man  for  God, 
and  fo  to  walk  in  his  Fear,  that  he  might  be  pleaf- 
ed  to  manifeft  his  gracious  Care  over  thee  ;  io  I 
am  under  both  humble  and  anxious  Defires,  that 
thou  may 'ft  watch  againft  the  Pollution  of  the  lying 
Vanities  of  this  corrupting  Age,  and  the  Spirit  of 
She  World  ;  being  well  and  thoroughly  allured  the 
divine  Being  requires  it  at  our  Hands,  and  is  only 
well  pleafed  with  thofe  who  walk  uprightly  be 
fore  him,  and  are  truly  afraid  of,  and  therefore 
fteadily  ftrive  againft,  leaning  to  any  Thoughts  or 
Pradtices  that  are  contrary  to  the  divine  Mind,  ei 
ther  in  greater  or  in  leJfiTer  Matters  ;  and  they  have 
the  eafieft  Work  of  it,  whoarethemoft  duly  re- 
folute  in  early  Time,  and  firmly  ftand  and  walk 
according  to  Underftanding;  whereas  bending  a 
litile  here,  and  a  little  there  (for  which  Excufes 
will  be  ready  at  Hand,  but  of  the  evil  One's  pre 
paring)  and  yielding  and  leaning  afide,  always 
weakens  and  enflaves,  and  renders  that  dwarfifli, 
^vhich  the  Lord  of  all  Power  would  make  ftrong, 
healthy  and  found,  and  able  to  walk  in  his  Way 
with  Alacrity.'— --- 

In  tbz  Year  1716    "he  msrde  the  necrjjkry   Preparthns 
for  Jots  tloird  and  laft  Vift  to  America,  which  had  been 

before 


C     195     ) 

before  him  A  conjiderable  tfime  :  from  thefljort  Afinutts 
he  kept  of  ity  we  have  tranfcribed  tie  following  Narra 
tive  and  interfperfed  (uch  Eptftles  as  have  come  to  our 
Jtidndsj  that  were  wrote  in  this  Journey. 

SOME  Exercife  having  been  upon  me  fome 
Years  to  vific  the  Churches  in  America  once 
rnore,  it  now  became  weighty  and  clear  before  me, 
that  the  proper  Time  was  come  for  the  Perfor- 
,mance  of  that  Service  ;  I  therefore  prepared  my- 
feif  for  the  Journey,  having  the  Concurrence  and 
Hear  Unity  of  my  Friends,  andleft  my  dear  Wife  and 
Family  the  lyrh  of  the  Second  Month  1736,  and 
went  to  Leeds,  and  had  feveral  Meetings  amongft 
Friends,  as  I  found  it  with  me  in  my  Way  by 
JManckefter,  Harrington,  thro*  a  Part  of  Ckefltiri9 
Stfiffordjt.zre,  and  by  Coventry ^  dlesburyt  'Jordans^ 
and  fd  to  London.  Having  many  good  Meetings, 
in  the  Senfe  of  the  Love  and  Power  of  Truth  a- 
mongft  Friends,  in  many  Places. 

After  fome  Weeks  Stay  with  Friends  at  London^ 
in  the  Labour  of  the  Golpel,  under  the  merciful 
Afliftance  of  the  Power  and  Love  of  God,  my  Spi 
rit  being  clear  and  at  Liberty,  and  a  Ship  being 
ready,  I  went  on  board  at  Gravefend^  in  the  Ship 
called  the  Jane,  bound  for  Philadelphia,  the  9th  of 
the  Fourth  Month,  and  fee  fail  the  next  Day . 

Whilfl  the  Ship  was  under  Sail  towards  the  Downs, 
fa  wrote  the  following  Epijile  tt  Friends  of  the  Yearly- 
Meeting  in  London,  held  in  the  Fourth  IMonth)  1736, 
viz. 

My  dear  and  truly  beloved  Friends  and  Brethren, 

*  *     A  PPREHENDING  my  felf  brought  under 

jfX  Engagement  in  Spirit  to  vifit  another 

Part  of  cae  World  in  the  Service  of  theGofpel,and 

believing  my  Way  in  the  Truth  now  open  tiierc- 

Ub 


C    196   j 

to;  J  am  deprived  of  being  perfonally  with  yoti 
on  the  weighcy  Qccafiun  and  Service  of  this  Meet 
ing,  which  the  Love  of  Truth  and  for  its  Caufe 
and  the  Comfort  of  the  true  Brotherhood  hath  of 
ten  drawn  me  to  attend,  and  at  rfos  Time  would 
have  been  deiirable  to  me  as  a  Man,  yet  a  holy 
Content  is  wrought  in  me,  in  a  living  Scnfe  of  his 
Love  and  Pretence,  who  I  apprehend,  has  ordered 
it  orherwife,  and  h.itli  fo  graciouily  and  abundant 
ly  filled 
towards 
I  cannot 

a  little  Means  torecommendmy  dear  and  near  Saluta 
tion  in  the  engaging,  uniting,  and  ftrengthening 
Love  of  the  Oae  Ererlafting  Father  and  moft  gra 
cious  Shepherd,  who  is  mercifully  near  and  wil 
ling  to  teach  and  feed  his  humble  and  obedient  Fol 
lowers,  and  who  I  pray  and  hope  will  be  Wifdom, 
Strength  and  uniting  Life  unto,  and  more  and  more 
lead  you  and  reign  amongft/ou  all,  when  together, 
and  in  all  particular  Low,  and  for  which  End 
humbly  and  e.irneftly  befeech  and  intreat  you,  dear 
Friends  and  Bretl-rtnt  look  to  God,  look  to  divine 
Kelp  daily  and  carefully;  and  oh l  that  that  antient 
apoitolic  Teftimony  and  everlafting  Gofpel  Truth, 
¥be  natural  Man  receheth  xott  or  perceiveth  not, 
the  Vkhizs  of  God)  neither  can  loty  becattfe  they 
are  fpirituaUy  difcermd,  may  ever  be  duly  re 
membered  and  considered  by  all  of  us ;  tor  thefe 
Words  iurely,  tfa  cilin?s  ofGodt  are  of  an  (ixtenfive 
Import  and  Signification,  and  directly  felatt  to  our 
thorough  Salvation,  tne  curie  hi  ag  our  Souls,  and 
rightly  informing  our  Underftandings,  and  ena 
bling  us  for  the  true  Service  of  his  Houfe  from 
Time  to  Time.  Ana  thefe  Tilings  being  in  divine 
Wifdom  declared,  only  fpirituaily  to  be  difcernedi 
J  cannot  with  Safety  as  I  apprehend,  but  requeft 
arid  intreat  you  my  Brethrei)  egrefuily  to  confided 

this. 


C    197    3 

this  Do&rine,  which  often  bears  much  Weight 
uijth  me,  and  is  attended  with  Comfort  often  undef 
renewed  Certainty  that  the  Lord  is  well  pleafed 
with  an  humble  and  honeft  Care  in  this  Refpect  : 
Wherefore  my  beloved  Friends,  let  this  my  fare- 
wel  Intreaty  be  accepted,  fb  as  to  induce  and  encou** 
rage  you  to  Improvement  of  Dilligence  in  the  un 
changeable  Duty  of  Waiting  upon  God,  for  fpiri- 
tual  Feeling  and  divine  Help,  a  Practice  absolutely 
necefTary  for  and  through  all  Ages  ;  and  fo  will 
our  Strength  to  fee  and  practife  and  labour  truly 
be  yet  certainly  renewed  in  particular  and  in  the 
general,  to  the  Comfort  of  the  Flock  of  Chrift, 
the  more  winning  Example  to  them  without,  and 
exalting  the  Glory  and  Honour  of  the  Lord  our 
God,  and  Almighty  Helper  ;  whofe  rich  Love 
and  pure  healing  Prefence  fo  over-comes  my  Spirit 
in  thus  reaching  towards  you,  that  it  is  difficult  for 
me  to  write  and  not  wet  my  Paper,  and  in  its  di 
vinely  uniting,  fwectening,ftrengthening  Influence^ 
my  Soul  worlhips  as  at  the  moil  holy  Foctftool, 
and  in  the  neareft  and  ftrongeft  Covenant  faith  to 
you,  Farewell,  who  am.  your  nearly  affectionate 
Friend  and  Brother,  truly  craving  to  be  in  your 
Remembrance. 

bM.   1736.      JOHN  .FOTIIER.GILL*: 


We  (  continues  the  Journal  )  arrived  fafe  and 
well  at  Philadelphia  the  6th  of  the  Sixth  Month* 
having  an  eafy  good  Paflage,  and  more  efpeciaily 
fo,  becaufe  of  the  Favour  of  the  lively  Senfe  of 
the  divine  Prefence  being  often  renewed,  under 
which  my  Soul  humbly  worihipped  God,  who  is 
worthy  for  ever. 

I  lodged  at  Ifrael  Pemlerton'Sj  but  ftaid  not  long 
there-away,  finding  m/  Mind  moil  drawn  to 
haften  towards  Maryland  and  Virginia  ;  and  fet  for- 
the  i4th  of  the  Sixth  Month,  feveral  Friends 
C  Q 


C    198    ) 

accompanying  me  to  John  RhbardfoM\  near  Cbrt* 
fine  Greek  ;  and  from 'hence  to  NewcaJHe,  Cecil,  and 
fo  over  Chepsr  and.  Choptank  Rivers,  having  feve- 
ral  profitable  Meetings  in  the  Way.  And  not  far 
from  the  Banks  of  this  laft  Riv&r,  we  had  a  Meet 
ing  in  a  Fore  ft,  a.t  one  Jetemitib  Jadwm's^  amongft 
a  People  lictle  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines 
of  Truth;  yet  pretty  many  gathered  [here,  be 
having  with  Sobriety  and  Attention,  and  the 
Power  of  Truth  came  into  -Dominion  amongft  us, 
much  to  our  Satisfaction :  After  Meeting  we 
lodged  with  one  Richard  Cooper ,  a  loving,  gene 
rous  old  Man,  and  a  Perfon  of  Note  in  chat  Part 
of  the  Country. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Seventh  Month  I  had  a  Meeting 
it  Little  Creek)  from  whence  many  Friends  accom 
panied  me  to  a  Meeting  at  Metier- kill,  which  the 
Loving -kindncfs  of  Gnd  very  mercifully  regarded, 
and  gave  Friends  Comfort  in  his  Pre fence,  amongft 
a  poor  unfaithful  People. 

On  the  4th  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Lswtfovfn  in  the 
Court  houfe,  which  was  a  pretty  open  profitable 
S.afon.  Alfoon  the  jth  at  Cold^n-me,  and  another 
in  the  Evening  at  CJ-arks  <Dfagy*Si  both  to  good  Sa 
tisfaction.  From  hence  1  let  out  for  hrginia, 
and  Notice  having  been  given  in  the  Country,  we 
hud  a  pretty  large  Meeting  on  the  Qtli  near  Swatf- 
gut)  a  little  within  the  Confine*  of  F1yffiniat  which 
was  to  good  Satisfaction  in  the  Afliftancc  of  Truth, 
though  I  had  tlie  Ague  then  upon  me. 

On  the  Toth,  as  foon  as  1  could  bear  to  ride,  EA- 
ward  A-rffiin  and  I  fee  forward,  and  came  that  Night 
lo  Paul  Qrtypia'si  a  Friend  near  Muddy  Qeek%  where 
formerly  u  M-e  in;  had  been  fettled  ;  but  by  gra 
dually  mivingj  with  the  Spirit  of  the  Worid,  and  fo 
into  Mar  piages  witli  others  out  of  the  way  of  Truth, 
the  Elders  bei-i^  (^aH  the  Youth  turned  their  Backs 
•of  Truib,  and  the  Meeung  WAS  quite  dropp'd :  I 

had 


C    199    ) 

had  no  Freedom  to  appoint  a  Meeting  there,  and 
fo  let  out  the  next  Diy  towards  Nef&add,icks9 
where  Notice  had  been  given  of  our  Intention  to 
have  a  Meeting  there  the  next  Diy,  which  was 
'the  Firft  of  the  Week,  The  Meeting  was  held  in 
the  Meeting.- houfe  where  formerly  there  had  been 
a  pretty  Number  of  Friends,  but  now  they  arc 
near  gone,  throujr!*  the  Love  of  the  World,  with 
its  Enjoyments  and  Lib  .-rues ;  fo  that  a  Meeting  is 
hardly  kept  there  ;  but  a  pretty  many  of  the  Ne- 
b-.Hirs  gathered,  and  we  had  a  Meeting,  which 
was  comfortable  to  me,  .in  my  Faithfalnefs  to  the 
Lord  ;  tho*  they  leemedto  have  but  little  Senfe  of 
God,  or  the  Operation  of  Truth  ;  for  indeed  a 
Cloud  of  carnal  Indifferency  appeared  to  me  to 
have  overfpreadalmott  all  that  Pun  of:  the  Coun 
try  in  an  uncommon  Manner. 

From  hence  we  fet  out;  for  the  Yearly  Meeting 
on  the  Weftern  fooret  but  by  the  Difficulties  we  met 
with  incroiling  the  Bay,  one  1  Jay  of  it  was  over 
before  we  arrived  :  We  had  however  two  Days 
Meetings  with  a  folid  religious  Body  of  Friends 
there,  and  a  pretty  many  orhers,  whofe  Behavi 
our  was  fober  and  commendable  ;  and  the  Lord 
our  God  waspleafed  to  blefs  the  Opportunity  with 
his  Prefence  and  Wifdom,  to  the  Satisfaction  of 
many,  and  his  holy  Name  was  glorified.  We  vi- 
iited  feveral  Friends  here-away,  and  then  went  to 
wards  Carolina ,  having  Meetings  in  divers  Places, 
one  efpeciaily  near  Perquimons-headj  which  was 
large  and  latisfadtory  ;  and  another  at  a  new  Meet 
ing- houfe  near  Pevquimons-  river. 

On  the  25th  I  went  from  hence  towards  Pafpi- 
tank-River^  and  was  at  a  Meeting  Of  Friends  there 
the  26th,  which  was  made  in  good  Meafure  com 
fortable,  to  God's  Honour,  to  whom  it  is  due  :  And 
tho' I  was  exceeding  weak,  by  reafonofa  ve ry  fharp 
^  the  Ague,  which  came  upon  me  the  Day 
C  r  z  betore, 


'          200 

.  before,  yet  on  Third-day  following  we  had  a 
Meeting  up  the  River  at  Amos  Trueblood's,  chiefly 
confifting  of  other  People,  which,  in  the  Lord's 
Help,  was  much  to  our  Satisfaction,  I  had  like- 
\vife  a  Meeting  at  Little-River^  and  another  up  the 
fame  River,  tho1  very  weak  in  Body. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Eighth  Month  I  got  to  Perquimons^ 
•where  the  Yearly -meeting  was  held  for  Nortb- 
Carolinat  and  begun  that  Diy  ;  it  was  pretty  large, 
but  I  was  fcarcely  able  to  fit  the  Meeting,  thro  the 
Violence  of  my  Dilorder.  On  the  2d  the  Meet 
ing  was  ftill  larger,  and  I  was  enabled  to  declare 
the  Truth,  in  its  own  Ability  and  Wifdom,  to  the 
Help  and  Comfort  of  the  Upright ;  and  the  Power, 
«md  Love  of  Truth  tended  much  to  feafon  and  fit 
Friends  to  tranfaft  the  Affairs  of  the  Chunrh, 
which  were  that  Day  brought  before  them.  The 
Meeting  ended  the  next  Day,  but  I  was  too  much 
indifpofed  to  attend  it. 

On  the  4th  I  fet  out  for  Virginia^  full  of  Peacc^ 
tho'  very  weak,  and  the  next  Day  had  a  comfort 
able  Meeting  ztVhotnas  Newly\  with  fome  Friends 
and  other  neighbouring  People.  Alfo  the  Day 
following  another  at  L.  Buffkin's,  which  was  pretty 
large  and  comfortable.  Thro*  the  Lord's  Good- 
nefs,  my  Indifpofition  now  began  to  wear  off,  and 
I  was  enabled  to  travel  with  more  Eafe.  On 
the  yth  I  had  a  Meeting  near  Jofeph  Pleafant's,  where 
through  divine  Mercy  wHich  was  gracioufly  a- 
mongft  us,  we  had  a  good  Seafon.  I  ftaid  here 
vifiting  Friends  in  their  Families  in  the  Neigh 
bourhood  two  Days,  and  on  the  loth,  which  was 
Firft-day,  was  at  a  Meeting  not  far  off ,  and  had  a 
merciful  and  living! y  edifying  Time  that  Evening, 
\vith  ieveral  Friends  who  came  to  fee  me,  with 
Jofepb  PIe<ifant's  Family . 

The  1 2th  I  went  over  NanJimond-Rher  to  Wefern- 
where  I  expected  to  have  had  a  Meeting; 

that  I 


C      201      ) 

that  Day,  but  the  Notice  had  failed;  fb   I  {raid  at 
R.ixe'$  til!   Fifth-day,  and    went  to   the 


Monthly-meeting  for  the  Church-affairs,  which 
was  large  and  peaceable.  From  hence  I  went  to  a 
Meeting  at  Rafio-Keck*  and  came  up  near  Wefem- 
Branch  ro  a  Burial.  The  lythlwas  at  a  General- 
meeting  at  Weftevn-BvAnclo,  which  was  very  targe, 
and  thro'  divine  Favour  a  good  Time,  my  Spirit 
being  very  much  at  Liberty  ;  and  I  was  cleared  of 
that  Part  of  the  Country.  I  then  turned  up  the 
Province  to  have  fome  Meetings  with  a  few  Friends 
that  were  gone  to  fettle  there,  and  had  one  the 
next  Day  at  Robert  Rixe's9  another  on  the  Day 
following  at  John  Denfon's,  and  another  on  the 
2  1  ft  at  one  Join  <Tkorp\  where  we  had  a  bleiTed 
Time,  thro*  divine  Help  amongft.  a  People  who 
were  nearly,  if  not  altogether  Strangers  to  Friends 
and  the  Doctrine  of  Truth,  who  neve  rthelefs  be 
haved  with  Sobriety  and  Attention. 

From  hence  I  travelled  forward,  and  had  Meet 
ings  near  James-  River,  dppamattack-  River,  and  o- 
ther  Places  :  And  the  ill  of  the  Ninth  Month  had 
a  Meeting  at  Wyks  Honnicutt's,  amonglr.  his  Neigh 
bours  and  fome  Friends^  to  good  Satisfaction. 
And  the  nevt  Day  had  a  precious  eftabiifhing  Time 
toward  Friends,  thro'  the  Lord's  Mercy,  and  to 
his  Glory,  at  a  Meeting  at  William  Lead's,  near 
Wynekc.  Alfo  at  Curies,  Black  Creek,-  and  Swamp, 
and  turned  back  the  6th  to  fee  Friends  at  a  Month 
ly-Meeting,  where  I  took  Leave  of  many  Friend? 
of  that  Part  of  the  Country  in  much  Love  and  com 
fortable  Nearnefs.  Next  Day  I  went  to  Cedar- 
Creek  Meeting,  where  the  Truth  much  comforted 
me,  and  opened  bJefledly  relieving  and  eftabiifhing 
Doctrine  to  the  People  ;  and  we  had  fome  good 
Service  among  a  pretty  many  Friends  whom  we 
went  to  vifit.  The  Day  following  we  had  a  Meet 
ing  at  John  Cfaadlcr'S)  to  which  a  pretty  many  Peo 

ple 


C      202      ) 

pie  gathered  from  a  considerable  DIftance,  and  we 
had  a  good  Meeting ;  as  alfo  another  good  open 
Meeting,  where  none  that  I  heard  of  had  been 
before,  at  one  tfbomar  ll'rarven*$j  who  was  uncier 
ibme  Search  after  Truth,  and  a  fober  Man. 

On  the  i  nh  I  fet  forward  thro'  the  Wilder 
in  order  to  viik  a  new  fetcle.i   Country,  far   up  in 
the  Mountains,  -and  that   Night  got  Lodgings  at  a 
friendly  Man's  Houfe  in  the  Fork  o!  : Knock- 

River,  and  rode  the  next  Dif  ovur  lorr-e  high 
and  ftony  Mountains,  a  Man  being  with  me  as  a 
Guide,  who  was  a  Stranger  to  the  Way  as  much  as 
myfelf,  yet  thro'  the  good  Care  of  our  God  we  got 
over  SbennaJore- River,  to  one  Chejl'er'st  who  was  ve 
ry  courteous  to  us,  his  poor  Circum 'lances  confi- 
dered,  which  was  alfo  the  more  acceptable,  as  I 
expected  Nothing  but  to  lodge  in  the  open  Woods 
that  Night. 

The  i  ?th  we  went  to  Jbrafatm  IJollfapfivorth's,  a 
Friend,  near  Optcfon,  and  the  next  Day,  being 
Fir tt  day,  Jv/asata  Meeting  with  feme  Friends 
and  divers  others,  at  the  Meeting-houfe  near  dlex- 
ar.der  Rcjfe's.  The  i$th  I  came  back  to  dbrabam 
J-lcllir.(rJ<wovth'i>  in  order  to  be  at  a  Meeting  the  Day 
follcwing  near  Skenr.adore- River >  which  was  held  at 
Robert  fcackay's  the  younger,  and  was  pretty  open 
and  comfortable.  On  the  ryth  we  had  a  Meeting  at 
Jfaac  Perkin's,  to  which  came  the  greateft  Part  of 
Friends  of  that  new  fettled  Country,  wherein  the 
Love  and  Wi-3om  of  Truth  appeared  much  to  my 
Eufe,  and  their  Eftablifliment  in  Religion.  The 
next  Day  I  had  a  gocd  open  little  Meeting  at  /£/- 
chard  Beef  on*  & ;  and  on  the  following,  another  with 
feme  Friends  ar;d  divers  others  at  Johj  Smith's. 
On  the  zoth  we  crofs'd  Pctcmack-Riier,  and  travel 
led  over  that  hii'h  Ridge  called  the  Blue- A 'curtains, 
ai;d  having  mifs'd  our  Way,  with  great  Difficulty 
we  got  to  ytfsn  Baflfa  at  ^'amckacyt  and  was  at  the 

Meet- 


C 


Meeting  there  the  2 1  ft,  ;md  took  Leave  of  Friends 
therc-a-.vay.  From  hence  we  itt  out  towards  the 
Bead  of  Patuxent- River  in  Afaryland,  and  in  two 
Da^  s  hard  riding  we  came  to  Samuel  Plttmmer*sy  and 
travelled  down  towards  Patuxevt  Mouth,,  and  had  a 
Meeting  with  a  few  Friends  there  on  the  26th,  to 
our  Comfort.  .This  is  the  loweft  Meeting  in  the 
Province. 

The  i. ft  of  the  Tenth  Month  we  had  a  Meeting 
at  {Jerrinjtietk,  and  another  the  next  Day  at  Weft- 
River  where  Truth  opened  me  in  a  very  clofe-dcal- 
iog  and  warning  Manner  to  feme  loofe  People,  as 
•well  as  truly  comfortable  to  the  Upright  in  Heart. 

On  the  3<i  we  had  a  Meeting  near  the  upper 
Part  of  Patuxcnt,  and  went  that  Night  to  Gerrard 
ffoptens's  the  younger,  where  I  had  feme  Service 
for  Truth  ;  in  fhewing  how  the  Youth  were  in 
divers  Refpe&s  departed  from  it  into  the  Spirit  and 
Ways  of  the  Worlc|,  and  the  unhappy  Confequen- 
ces  thereof  in  divers  Inftataccs.  We  had  a  Meet 
ing  next  Day  at  Elk-ridge,  which  was  of  good  Ser 
vice,  and  another  the  Day  following  at  a  Friend's 
Houfe  at  Patapfco.  From  hence  I  went  to  Bujh- 
River,  and  had  a  Meeting  with  Friends  there-away, 
and  another  at  Deer-Creel' %  to  fome  good  Satisfaction, 

We  got  over  Sufcjuehannah- River  on  the  nth, 
tho"  with  fome  Difficulty,  by  Reafon  of  the  Ice 
driving  down  upon  us,  and  went  that  Night  to 
Henry  Reynold's  \n  If ''? ft- Nottingham,  and  on  the  izth 
was  at  Friends  Meeting  there,  which  was  large 
and  iblid,  and  had  a  precious  Opportunity  amongffc 
them.  After  this  I  went  forward  towards  Pkila- 
delphia,  having  Meetings  at  feveral  Places,  as  at 
E^l- Nottingham,  Lor. don -Gr rue y  New  Garden,  Ken- 
net,  Newark,  audCbicbefter,  which  lail  was  pretty 
large,  many  Friends  being  there  from  divers  Pla 
ces  ;  from  whence  I  went  home  with  John  SalkeJtf^ 
and  on  the  «d  got  to  Pkifadetj&ia)  and  the  Day 

fal- 


C 

following  was  at  Friends  Week-day  Meeting! 
where  we  were  gracioudy  favoured  wirh  hea.vr.nly 
Help,  much  to  our  Comfort.  I  itaid  there- about 
till  the  Firft-day  following,  when  the  Lord  was 
pleafed  to  blefs  us  by  his  Power  and  Love,  much 
to  our  Humiliation  in  his  Prefence,  in  three  pub- 
Jic  Meetings. 

The  ayih  Ifet  out  again  into  the  Country,  and 
had  a  Meeting  that  Day  at  Plymouth  and  a  large 
one  the  Day  following  at  North- Wales  (it  being 
their  Monthly-meeting  for  Bufinefs)  wherein  we 
were  comforted  together  ;  and  alfo  the  next  Da/ 
at  Perquiomtn,  which  thro*  heavenly  Help  was  a 
truly  good  Seafon.  The  3  ift  I  had  a  comfortable 
Meeting  at  Maiden-Creek,  and  on  the  zd  of  the  E' 
leventh  Month  another  at  Oiey  with  Friends  there 
away,  which  was  much  to  my  Eafe,  and  the  Com 
fort  of  the  Upright- hearted.  I  had  Meetings 
like  wife  at  the  Furnace  near  JManbatawny^  and  at 
the  Great-Swampt  which  Truth  made  a  truly  good 
Time  to  many  ;  alfo  at  a  Place  called  Plumped^  and 
a  large  one  at  Friends  Meeting-  houfe  near  Buck 
ingham,  and  from  thence  I  went  to  tf/riglt's-<To<wrt 
and  Falls )  at  which  Place  I  had  a  large  and  truly* 
edifying  Meeting.  I  had  like  wife  Meetings  at 
^Trenton,  Burlington,  and  Briftol%  to  which  Friend* 
came  from  fevcral  diftant  Places. 

The  1 6th  I  was  at  Ne/baminy  Meeting,  which 
the  Lord  of  Mercy  and  all  Power  glorioufly  owned 
to  the  Comfort  and  Help  of  many  ;  and  his  mighty 
Name  was  worihipped.  We  had  another  Meeting 
that  Evening  at  Adam  Harkcr's  (where  I  lodged) 
much  to  the  Edification  of  the  Living.  The  i  bth  I 
had  a  Meeting  at  Bybury,  and  the  Day  following 
another  large  and  profitable  Meeting  z.lAbtr.gton\ 
from  thence  I  went  to  another  at  Horjham,  and 
crofted  the  ScfayJkill  into  Chefer  County,  was  ut 
Calee  Meeting  on  the  2jd>  being  Firft-cayj  and  fo 


and  Gojben^  where  thro*  the  Lord's 
Goodnels,  we  had  a  large  and  precious  Meeting; 
and  another  the  Day  following  in  the  Falley,  alfb 
at  Radnor  and  Kewtown  :  And  from  hence  to  a 
Meeting  of  Minifters  and  Elders  at  Baverfordt 
whereon  thefirit  of  the  Twelfth  Month  a  Gene 
ral-meeting  was  held.  The  next  Day,  thro' the 
Help  of  Truth,  we  had  a  precious  Opportunity  at 
Springfield,  the  Day  after  at  Darby,  and  the  next 
at  Aferhn,  which  was  large  and  edifying.  From 
hence  I  went  with  Ibrne  Friends  who  came  to  meet 
me,  to  Ifrael  Peixberton's  at  Philadelphia.  On  the  5th 
was  a  Quarterly  -meeting  of  Miniiiersand  Eiders,  the 
6 th  being  Fir ft-day, I  tvasat  three  Meetings,  wherein 
divine  Regard  very  comfortably  owned  and  helped 
us.  The  yth  I  was  at  a  Quarterly- meeting  of  Bu- 
fmefs  for  the  County,  which  was  large  and  peace 
able;  and  on  the  next  Day  at  the  Youths  -meeting 
there,  which  thro*  the  gracious  Goodnefs  of  the 
Lord,  was  made  a  blefled  Time  to  many. 

I  left  the  City  on  the  9th,  and  had  Meetings  at 
Chejisr  and  Aliddkiown^  and  was  at  the  Quarterly- 
meeting  of  Minifters  and  Elders  at  Concord,  'where 
I  ftaid  over  the  Firft-day,  and  alfo  the  Meeting  of 
Bufir.efs  for  the  County  the  Day  following,  which, 
thro'  divine  Goodnefs  were  large  and  edifying. 

The  1 5th  I  was  at  the  General-meeting  at  Prom- 
dsnce,  which  was  large,  and  a  heavenly  time.  The 
i6th  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Birmingham^  which  was 
large  and  folidly  profitable :  Another  the  next  Day 
at  Bradford,  and  the  Day  after  at  London-Grove^ 
where  many  FriencU  from  other  Meetings  met  me, 
and  the  Lord  our  God  was  pleafed  eminently  to  own 
and  blefs  our  Meeting  to  our  Ccmfort  and  Joy  in 
his  holy  Prefence.  From  hence  I  went  to  Sadsbury 
and  Lay  cock)  where  I  had  Meetings, and  another  on 
the  23d,  in  my  Way  to  Cafae,  at  a  Friends  Houfe, 
which  \vas  mads  through  divine  Goodjicls,  a  very 
"D  d  edify- 


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edifying  Time  to  Friends  and  many  of  the.  Neigh 
bours  who  came  in  :  No  Meeting  of  Friends  had 
been  held  there  before.  I  returned  from  hence  to 
Philadelphia,  where  I  ibid  near  a  Week,  and  had 
fome  latisfdftory  Service  in  divers  Cafes. 

On  the  i  ft  of  the  Firft  Month,  being  Third-day, 
I  had  a  meeting  at  Germar.town,  from  whence  I 
\ventovertheRiverintothe  'yVr/i^and  had  Meetings 
at  tfaodbttry-Creek,  PH^Jgrove,,  a»\d  Salem,  which  lail 
was  large  and  edify  ing,  thro*  the  Love  and  Wifdom 
ofTruch.  The  nexr  Djy  I  had  a  precious  Meet 
ing  at  dllcway-Creek,  and  ^  the  Day  following  an 
other  at  Gr'.'tnivicb,  wherein  heavenly  Help  in  di 
vine  Favour  was  blefledly  with  us,  a.nd  t  tie  Nam  e- 
of  our  God  was  rnagnifitd: 

The  pth  I  rode  to  Cape-May,  and  the  next  Day 
had  a  Comfortable  Mecring  with  fome  Friends  at 
Richard  yoivrfir.d's,  ;  allb  the  Day  following  a 
pretty  large  and  edifying  Meeting  with  Friends 
neir  Jacob  Garrifcm's.  The  lath  we  crofied  tlie 
Pjvcr,  and  the  Day  fell  cnv  ing  had  a  large  Meet 
ing,  and  an  open,  precious  Time,  in  the  Love 
and  Power  of  the  Gofpel,  ar  Gre<.t-E?e-  Harbour; 
as  alfo  another  pre>;:y  large  Meeting  higher  up  on 
the  Shore,  at  Robert  Smiths  the  Day  following.  That 
Ki;;ht  we  paflfed  over  a  dangerous  Marfli  and  River 
to  Little-Egg  Harbour,  where  on  the  i^ch  we  had  a 
Meeting  with  Friends  therc-away,  to  our  true 
Comfort.  From  hence  we  paffrd  thro*  the  Wilder- 


nels  to  JoktJ  fftweb's  near  Hattdfa&la',  and  on  tho 
i8th  \vasat  a  Quarterly-Meeting  tlure,  wherein 
the  helping  Hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  us  to  his 
Praife/ 

The  i  Qth  I  went  to  PtoiJtideJpfoa,  and  was  at  a 
Meeting  of  Mmilters  and  Eiders,  in  the  Beginning 
of  their  Ha'f-yearVme^iing  for  the  two  Provinces, 
vwch  Cofitihued  tvo  D.^^-s  and  -was  eminently 
owued  with  thp  helping  Power  and  Frcfence  of 

the 


207 


the  Lord.  The  Kalf-yearVmcetirg  btirgover,  I 
ftaid  till  i:he  Mjnt  hi  /-meeting  for  the  Ciry,  where 
I  had  force  Service  for  Truth,  and  comfortable 
Satisfaction.  J  then  v/cnt  inco  the  Jctf'^?,  and  was 
at  a  large  Meeting  on  the  zyth,  being  Pirft  day,  at 
jHaebkpfetd  -,  another  at0$krcn  the  Day  follow 
ing  -;%  and  a  large  p'xi  v  eighty  Meetii  g  near  the 
Widcv/  Evftr.fs  tliat  Evening. 
The  30;  h  I  went  to  a  Mcering  near  the  Kr//j,inthe 
Count/  c.fBtids,  where  a  Marriage  was  that  Day 
fohmnizcd  ;  and  diviue  Pov  cr  and  Gcodnels  onn- 
cdur,  gfeatly  to  our  Ccmfort.  I  came  back  the 
next  Day,  and  was  at  the  Meeting  at  Burlir^ton^ 
which  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  blels  with  his  Love 
and  powerful  Appearance  ;  and  his  holy  Name 
was  humbly  tvorfhipped  and  glorified. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Second  Month  I  had  a  Meeting  at 
'tftMoc/ts,  worthy  of  awful  Remembrance  ;  and  the 
3d  a  great  Meeting  rear  Mount-Holly,  wherein 
Truth  opened  and  prevailed  in  a  Itrengthening  Man 
ner.  The  next  Day  I  was  at  T.uirHvpjm  Month 
ly-meeting,  which  was  much  to  our  Help  in  the 
Lord,  and  our  great  Encouragement  in  his  Service. 
The  next  Day  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Old  Springfield,  and 
on  the  Day  following  near  Uj>fer  •  Sjnrhfrfeldi  which 
was  large  and  a  profitable  Seafon.  ' 

The  yth  J  was  at  a  large  Monthly-meeting  at 
Ckeferfeld,  w  herein  the  Power  and  Love  of  God  emi 
nently  appeared  amongft  us.  The  next  Day  we  had  a 
Meeting  at  A'ansfeU^  and  ablefied  open  Meeting  the 
Djyfcllowingat/7^r^'s-f<5'a-»,  among  a  foberly  be 
haved  Peop'e.  The  loth,  beingFirft-d?y,  Iwentto 
(SVc;^-.Z?r00lMeeting,  andonthe  izth  had  a  large  Meet 
ing  and  a  precious  open  Seafon  amorgft  a  mixed  Peo 
ple  at  jfllenftown  ;  and  another  the  Day  folio  wing  at  one 
Mcfes  Robhu's,  v/herea  confiderable  Numberof  Peo 
ple  of  other  Societies  gathered,  and  we  had  a  good 
Time  with  them.  The  i4th  I  went  to  a  Place  near 
D  dz  the 


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the  Sea- fliore/  called  Gocd-luck,  where  the  Day  fol 
lowing  I  got  among  the  People  tbere-abeut,  and 
went  to  a  Place  called  Sauany  where  Notice  being 
fpread  among  the  Neighbourhood  of  a  Meeting  to 
be  held  the  next  Day,  we  had  on  the  i7th  a  large 
and  helping  Meeting,  thro'  the  gracious  Aftiftance 
of  the  Lord  our  God.  After  tyleetingl  went  near 
Sbfett&sbury )  and  the  zoth  .had  a  Meeting  at  JWddle- 
town  in  a  Bap  lift  Meeting-  houfe,  among  feme  fober- 
ly-inctined  People  of  feveral  Profellions,  which 
was  to  good  Satisfaction.  That  Night  I  went  to 
Slwivd'ury,  and  had  a  Meeting  there  the  next  Day, 
and  another  not  far  off  the  next,  which  the  Lord 
our  God  owned  to  his  own  P/aife.  I  ftaid  amongfl; 
Friends  here-away  till  Firft-day  Morning,  and  had 
a  very  large  Meeting  atSkrtiysbury  again,  and  went 
that  Night  to  JFilliAm  Hartjl)orn\  and  had  fome 
Service  in  the  Family  that  Night,  in  the  Love  of 
Truth,  to  good  Satisfaction.  "The  25th  I  was  at 
Friends  Quarterly  -meeting,  which  was  large,  ard 
a  previous  Seafon ;  next  Day  had  another  great 
Meeting,  chiefly  among  the  Youth,  and  fet  out  that 
Evening  on  my  Way  to  Woodlvidge^  wkere  I  had  a 
Meeting  the  2 8th,  and  another  at  John  Sbadweir& 
the  next  Day,  where  a  con/iderable  Number  of 
People  gathered,  among  whom  I  had  a  good  Op 
portunity  . 

The  i  ft  of  the  Third  Month  I  had  a  Meeting  at 
'PJaf.VJfald,  and  went  from  thence  to  LoKg-JJ/arrdt 
-and  ro  bew-Yorkj  where  I  had  alfo  a  Meeting,  and 
another  on  the  4th  at  Newt  own,  in  Long-l/I^nd,  to 
•which  came  feveral  well-difpofcd  People,  and  the 
Lord  made  it  a  precious  Time.  The  next  Day  I 
was  at  theMonthly-meetingforBufinefs  at  Fhf/kwg, 
wherein  Truth  was  gracioudy  with  us,  to  our 
Comfort.  On  the  6th  I  went  over  the  Sound  to 
tf'eft-G-f/ier,  intending  to  have  had  a  Meeting  there 
thai  Day,  but  the  Notice  had  tailed  ;  I  vifired  fe 
ver  a/ 


(     209     > 

vcral  Families  of  Friends,  and  having  appointed 
a  Meeting  there  that  Day  Week,  vent  to  Rys-< 
IPooffsj  near  which  Place,  we  had  a  large  Meet 
ing  the  8th,  being  Firli-day  ;  another  the  Day 
following  at  North  O/?k,  and  the  next  Day  another  at 
florfe-Nsck  in  Coxne£l;cut  Governroeiii..  The  nrh 
I  had  a  Meeuing  at  fiFhitfplanssj  where  there 
are  but  few  Friends,  but  many  of  the  neigh 
bouring  People  gathered  with  us,  and  the 
Love  and  Power  of  Truth  was  ver/  comfortably 
amongit  us.  The  next  Day  I  was  at  Friends 
Monthly- meeting  near  that  Place,  were  moil  of 
the  Friends  there-away  gathered,  and  many  other 
People  like  wife  ;  and  in  the  heavenly  Opening  and 
Affirtance  of  Truth  we  had  a  blelfed  Sealon  to 
gether. 

The  1 3th  we  had  a  Meeting  ztlfaf  Ckejler,  ac 
cording  to  Appointment,  and  went  afterwards  to 
Samud  Bc,wm$  on  Lcmg-fftanA*  who  had  accom 
panied  me  this  Week.  On  the  i$th,  being  Firft- 
day,  I  was  at  the  Meeting  at  Flufoinz*  which  v/as 
large  ;  from  hence  I  went  towards  Cow- Neck,  arid 
had  a  Meeting  there;  and  a  large  one  the  Day  after 
at  Afatinicock*  which  was  made  to  many  a  folidiy, 
helping,  and  eftablifhing  Time.  I  had  Meetings. 
HkeTvifeat  Oyfter-Bay,  Weftbury,  and  a  precious 
Opportunity  in  the  Enlargement  of  the  Life  off 
Truth  at  Betlpafie. 

The  24th  I  went  to  a  Meeting  at  Seckitaugaj  where 
the  good  Arm  of  the  Lord  was  eminently  with  us 
to  our  Comfort,  and  the  Help  of  divers.  The -next 
D.iy  I  was  at  Friends  Monthly-meeting  at  Ifejlbuvy^ 
which  was  large,  and  Affairs  well  conducted  :  And 
the  Day  following  went  to  a  Place  called  -Rockv;ayt 
where  we  had  a  Meeting  in  a  Barn,  and  the  Lord 
of  all  our  Mercies  was  grscioufly  mindful  of  us: 
We  went  after  Meeting  to  vifa  a  Woman  Friend, 
in  a  weak  low  Condition,  with  whom  we  were  com 
forted  in  the  Senfe  of  ;he  Prefence  of  Truth. 

The 


210 

The  171!!  we  went  to  Flufnng^  John  "Bowr.t  being 
with  me,  where  the  Yearly -meeting  for  thefe  Parts 
began,  and  continued  four  Days,  Part  for  Worfliip, 
the  reft  for  the  Affairs  of  the  Church  ;  the  public 
Meetings  were  very  large,  and  the  Goodnefs  and 
Mercy  of  the  Lord  God  owned  them,  and  enabled  us 
in  his  Service,  to  the  Help  of  many,  and  exalted 
his  own  everlafting  Gofpel-teilimony,  and  his 
glorious  Name  was  worshipped  and  magnified. 

The  31  ft  fevcral  Friends  let  out  with  me  to  wards 
Kfatofcjflaxit,  tho'  I  was  now  in  a  poor,  weak,  fpent 
Condition,  as  to  bodily  Ability,  and  capable  of 
Travelling  bur  flowly,  the  Weather  being  exceed 
ing  hot,  yet  I  v/ss  meafurably  fupportcd  v,ith  inT 
\vard  Help  and  Hope  in  the  Arm  of  the  Lord's  All- 
iu3i:iency.  We  palled  thro'  GMne&cut  Govern 
ment,  and  came  to  genius  Perry's,  in  the  NaJratrarlftt 
Country,  and  the  $th  of  the  Fourth  Month,  being 
First-day,  tvcrc  at  jMnpflon  Meeting,  and  the  Day 
following  at  a  Monthly-meeting  there.  On  the 
7th  I  had  a  Meeting  on  (jonMcut-Ift&rJi  where  fome 
Friends  met  HS  from  Newport,  ^nd  v;e  were  favour 
ed  with  a  comfortable  Time,  in  the  Prevalency  of 
divine  Goorfnci^,  and  got  that  Evening  to  my  Bro 
ther -in- Law  J'ol:-n  Proud' s,  in  Newport, 

On  the  Qth  "the  Ycarly-meering  began  at  Pcrtf- 
mwth,  and  a  large,  precious  Meeting  it  was  ;  I 
returned  to  Newport,  where  the  Yearly-meeting 
continued,  and  held  four  Days,  the  A  (Terribly  be- 
i<ig  large  and  peaceable,  and  a;  Times  comfortable 
in  tiie  Arifir.gs  of  the  mighty  Power  and  Love  of 
God,  who  had  the  Glory  and  Praifc.  The  ijJi 
I  had  a  large  and  edifying  Meeting  at  Ti-verfon^  and 
lodged  at  ftjfpb  Wanton^  where  we  had  a  good 
Uttle  Meeting  that  Evening.  The  next  Day  I  ha4 
a  Meeting  at  Stccnnet,  and  a  large  one  the  Day  at-  . 
tcr  at  Cwxet.  The  i9th,  being  Firll-day,  I  was  at 
tf3  whc*re  we  had  a  large  and  good  Meeting* 

in 


C    211    ) 

in  the  Lord's  merciful  Help  ;  as  alfo  at 
Rochefer,  and  Succwefet  •  From  whence  we  went 
down  CQ  the  Water- fide,  and  went  on  board  a 
Sloop  with  many  other  Friends,  and  got  well  over 
to  Nantuc'iet  the  23d,  and  on  the  24th  the  Ycarly- 
meeting  began  there,  which  was  large,  and  con 
tinued  four  Days,  to  the  true  Satisfaction,  and  the 
Name  of  the  Lord  was  glorified. 

The  zSth  I  went  over  the  Sound  again,  but  paf- 
fed  the  Night  in  an  open  Boat,  and  got  into  Befs- 
River  near  ramioutb  the  next  Day,  and  had  a  Meet 
ing  in.  Plymouth  the  Day  following,  where  n» 
Friends  live,  nor  had  there  been  a  Meeting  there 
near  Thirty  Years ;  many  of  the  People  came  to 
it,  and  Almighty  Goodncls  mercifully  owned  us, 
and  enabled  to  preach  his  everhfting  Gofpel,  much 
to  the  Peoples  Satisfaction,  who  behaved  very  ci 
villy  . 

The  i  ft  of  the  Fifth  Month  I  had  a  Meeting  at 
Pembroke,  and  rode  that  Evening  to  Bcflon  ;  and 
the  3d,  being  Firft-day,  went  to  the  Quarterly- 
meeting  at  Hampton,  where  many  Friends  and  o- 
thcrs  gathered  ;  the  next  Morning  Friends  tranf- 
a£ted  the  Affairs  of  the  Church,  and  had  a  public 
Meeting  afterwards :  The  Lord  our  God  was  gra- 
cioufly  pleafed  to  own  our  Affcmblies  in  his  Pow 
er  and  Wifdom,  to  his  own  Glory,  and  much  to*, 
the  Edification  and  Comfort  of  many  Souls.  On  the 
5th  I  Uad  a  Meeting  at  Strttbam,  which  was  aji 
open.Weflei  Time;  and  another  large  one  the  Day 
following  at  Kecbeachy,  to  good  Satisfaction, 

On  the  yth  I  had  a  Meeting  ac  Dover ,  to  which 
Friends  in  that  Part  of  the  Country  generally  cam<?, 
and  aifo  many  of  the  Presbyterian  People,  who 
heard  of  my  being  come  to  thofe  Parts  again  (ha 
ving  in  a  former  Vifit  to  this  Place,  had  goodService 
for  the  Lord  in  thefe  Parts)  and  we  had  a  glorious 
powerful  Meeting  in  the  Naoje.  and  Lovv  ©f  God, 

which 


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which  was  great  among  us  that  Day.  I  lodged  at 
Jfbbl&tMfli  where  we  had  a  precious  Opportu 
nity  with  many  Friends  that  Evening.  The  next 
Day  we  had  a  Meeting  at  Portfmotttb,  in  the  Court- 
houfe,  to  which  the  People  flocked  in  great  Num 
bers,  and  behaved  foberly  ;  and  the  'Power  and 
Doctrine  of  Truth  hadlmpreilion  on  many  Hearts. 
On  the  9th  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Hampton ,  and  an- 
Oiher  the  Day  following  at  dlmsbury,  whiuh  was 
large,  and  thro*  divine  Help,  a  glorious  and 
ftrcngtheningTime  totheHoneft-minded,  profitable 
to  many  I  hope,  and  not  to  be  forgot. 

I  had  a  Meeting  the  i  ith  at  Haveril  ;  and  the 
next  Day  a  large  and  folidly  profitable  Meeting  ac 
Neivb'ttry,  many  of  the  People  coming  in,  and  con- 
fefledto  theTruth.*The  I4th  I  had  a  large  Meeting 
•with  Friends  at  Salem,  and  another  at  Mtrblebead  in 
the  Town-houle  r»ext  Day  ;  wherein  the  Lord's 
Power,  and  the  Doctrine  of  the  Gofpel,  prevailed 
among  the  People  to  their  Help.  I  went  to  Lynn 
that  Night,  and  bad  a  large  arid  good  eftablilhing 
Meeting  there  next  Day. 

The  i  yth  I  came  to  Sofon,  and  had  two  large  and 
comfortable  Meetings  there  ;  many  People  came 
in,  and  behaved  foberly  :  Alfo  another  the  Day 
following,  to  good  Satisfaction,  and  in  the  Evening 
molt  of  the  Friends  there,  gathered  to  a  Friend's 
Houfe,  and  we  had  a  Meeting,  which  I  believe 
was  profitable  ;  and  here  I  took  my  Leave  of 
Friends  in  thefe  Parts. 

The  zoth  1  was  at  the  Week-day  Meeting  at 
Mendharn,  and  went  from  thence  to  (7xLridget  where 
we  had  a  Meeting,  and  another  the  Day  following 
with  a  few  well-inclined  People  at  Ralpb  garb's. 
From  hence  I  went  to  Shrewsbury ,  and  had  a  little 
Meeting  the  i  ext  D««y  at  Lar.tafer,  with  fome  who 
profeffed  to  be  Friends ;  arid  from  thence  I  return 
ed  to  fandb tin,  /.here  I  wi'.s  a:  a  pretty  large 

Meet- 


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Meeting  the  24th,  and  had  feme  good  Service 
with  a  few  Friends  in  the  Evening.  On  the  26th, 
I  had  a  large  Meeting  at  VPanfokit  in  Providence 
Woods,  but  found  many  of  the  People  very  little 
acquainted  with  the  Power  and  Baptifm  of  Truth, 
yet  the  Lord  God  of  Mercies  opened  my  Heart,, 
and  enabled  me  to  labour,  I  believe,  to  fome  of 
their  Advantage,  as  well  as  to  my  ov;n  Diichargc 
in  the  Lord's 'Service.  The  next  Day  I  had  a 
pretty  open,  ferviceablc  Meeting  at  Shaniiccte, 
tho'  Carnality  was  prevalent  among  them  ;  and  on, 
the  Day  following  another  at  Greenwich)  indiffe 
rently  fatisfactory,  thro*  divine  Help  amongft  a 
barren  People  :|I  ftaid  at  tfhomas  Frfs,  a  generous* 
friendiy  Man,  tho'  not  ofour  Community ,  who  had 
alfo  fomc  good  Children.  The  next  Day  I  was  at 
Warwick  Meeting,  and  the  following  at  a  Yearly- 
meeting  at  Pr9vidence-town%  which  was  large,  and 
•to  fome  Satisfaction. 

The  i  ft  of  the  Sixth  Month  I  had  a  large  and 
pretty  good  Meeting  at  Smiihfeld  Mecting-houfej 
through  heavy  and  faithful  Labour,  in  divine 
Help  :  Another  the  Day  following  at  Ebeneztr 
Wood-ward's  in  Vauntex,  and  the  next  Day  at  Swan- 
zey  which  was  large  on  account  of  a  Burial,  and. 
fatisfa&ory  in  a  good  Degree,  tho'  the  pure  Life  of 
Truth  feems  to  be  low  there- away.  From  hence 
I  went  to  Free-town  and  had  a  Meeting  there,  and 
alfo  at  Sandwich^  which  was  pretty  large  ;  and  on 
the  9rh  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Mannima^  among  fome 
friendly  People,  which  .was  much  to  our  Satisfac 
tion  ;  and  another  at  Bafs-pwd  the  next  Day,  and 
ene  the  Day  following  at  Rocbefer. 

The  izrh  I  had  a  large  Meeting  at  roniganfet^ 
and  the  i4th,  being  Firft  day,  was  at  a  Yearly- 
meeting  for  Worfhip  ar  South- Kin?ftony  which  held 
two  Days,  the  Meetings  being  large  ;  and  the/ 
E  e  Name 


C 

Name  of  the  Lord  was  glorioufly  high,  and  humbly- 
magnified  on  our  Paris.  The  i6th  I  had  a  Meet 
ing  at  John  RichmontTsin  Wefterty,  a  great  and  bief- 
fed  Time  in  t he  Love  of  God;  and  another  the 
next  Day  at  John  Alurnford's  ;  after  which  we  came 
down  to  the  Ferry  at  Comnicot,  but  could  not  get 
over  till  the  Day  following,  and  went  to  the  Meet 
ing  ac  Newport,  where  on  the  the  lift,  being  Firit- 
day,  we  had  two  very  large  Meetings,  to  which 
many  Friends  came  fromdiftant  Places  to  take  Leave 
of  me,  and  the  Lord  of  ull  our  Mercies  was  pleated 
to  open  my  Heart  and  Mouth  largely  amongll  them 
in  his  Power  and  Ccunlei  ;  and  we  parted  with 
Comfort  in  his  Love.  In  the  Evening  I  had  a  blei- 
fed  time,  with  fome  Friends  of  the  Town*  in  thfe 
melting  Love  and  Senfe  of  the  pure  Prefcnce  o€ 
our  heavenly  Father,  who  had  and  hath  the  Praife 
and  Glory  for  all  his  Mercies  and  gracious  Help. 
Next  Morning  we  took  a  near  and  affectionate  Leave' 
of  one  another,  and  I  l£t  out  for  Long-IJlaftdy  and 
landed  next  Day  at  Oyfter-pond- point t  and  came  to 
the  upper  Part  of  Southwotd  that  Night,  and  lodged 
pt  an  Inn,  where  many  of  the  Neighbourhood 
flocked  in,  and  we  had  a fcrviceable  Meeting  with 
them. 

The  24th  I  came  to  a  Friend's  named  Join  Hal- 
lack  at  Seatakit,  where  we  had  a  Meeting  next  Day, 
and  came  that  Evening  to  Betbpagetfrom  whence  we 
went  to  the  Quarterly -meeting  at  ffejlb  uryy  which 
began  there  the  i6th,  the  Meeting  for  Minifters 
.and  Elders  being  held  that  Day,  and  a  large  public 
Meeting,  and  another  for  Bufinefs  the  Day  follow 
ing.  The  28th,  being  Firll-day,  there  was  a 
mighty  Concourfe  of  People,  and  the  Lord  our 
God  made  it  a  precious  Time,  in  the  Help  of  hi* 
Wifdom  and  glorious  Power.  The  next  Day  we  went 
Pew-fall's  where  divers  Friends  coming  tor 

vific 


C 

us,  we  had  a  Meeting  that  Evening }  another 
at  Cotvwck  the  Day  following,-  and  got  to  the 
Monthly -meeting  at  WejlLury  on  the  ^ift. 

On  the  i ft  of  die  .Seventh  Month  I  had  a  large 
and  good  Meeting,  thro*  merciful  and  heavenly  Help, 
at  Fiufoinf.  it  being  allo their  Monthly-meeting  ;and 
the  next  Day  another  at  Newtown',  and  one  in  the 
Evening  at  Richard  Mallet's, at  whofe  Houfe  I  lodg 
ed  ;  and  there  took  Leave  of  many  Friends  of  that 
liland,  in  the  Love  and  Power  of  the  Lord  our 
God.  I  C£-ne  ro  ffoodbridge  in  Eaf-jferfey  the  next 
Day,  ana  on  the  following  was  at  the  Meeting; 
there  ;  and  on  tiie  yth  at  a  bleffed  open  Meeting  at 
Eliiytbeth-ttiGOU)  where  no  Friends  live,  and  that 
Kight  came  hack  to  'Jdan  Shad-well's :  The  next 
Day  we  went  up  the  Country  to  a  Place  called 
ff^kityanhJg)  where  a  few  friendly  People  live, 
•with  whom  J  had  a  precious  and  comfortable  little 
Meeting,  and  the  next  Day  another  with  a  few 
Friends  at  Lebanon. ;  and  fo  to  Bethlehem,  Wright**- 
town,  in  Ferinfylyania^  and  JfodMtivti/n ;  at  which 
laft  Places  I  had  large  and  folidly  profitable  Meet 
ings,  and  took  Leave  of  Friends  there,  under  the 
Senie  of  the  Power  of  Truth.  From  hence  I  went 
to  Franckfort  and  had  a  Meeting  there,  and  came  to 
Philadelphia  that  Night.  After  flaying  the  Week 
day  Meeting  next  Day,  I  went  over  the  River  De 
laware,  in  order  to  be  at  the  Quarterly-meeting 
for  Gloucester  and  Sahm,  which  were  held  the  i6th, 
and  on  the  lyth  I  returned  to  Philadelphia  to  the 
Yearly  meeting  there,  which  continued  feveral 
Days,  and  thro'  the  merciful  Attendance,  and  blef- 
fed  Help  of  the  divine  Goodncfs,  it  was  made  a  glo 
rious,  comfortable,  ftrengthening  Time,  and  Peace 
and  Unity  appeared  eminently  amongft  Friends. 
(Of  which  he  gives  feme  farther  sJccottnt  in  a  Letter  to 
we  oj>  his  Sons,  viz.) 

E  e  2  «  As 


C 

* — fc  As  to  myfelf,  I  am,  I  think,  fomewhat 
jriraculoufly  fupported  as  a  Creature,  and  am  in 
good  Health  pretty  generally,  and  expedt  I  may 
be  fo  difchargcd,  refpedting  the  Continent,  as  to 
be  free  to  go  towards  Barbados  inabout  two  Months. 
The  Yearly-meeting  at  this  Place  ended  laft  Night ; 
It  was  exceedingly  large,  and,  upon  the  whole,  ge 
nerally  acknowledged  to  have  been  very  edifying, 
ftrongly  good  and  helpful  in  divers  Ways,  and 
very  much  to  my  Eafe  and  humbling  Gladncfs  in 
the  Lord  our  God,  and  never-failing  Helper: 
And  Friends  in  general  are  in  a  good  Degree  of 
Harmony.  My  Heart  is  nearly  affected  with  the 
belt  of  Love  towards  thee  and  for  thee,  that  no- 
thingihort  of  Rain  from  the  divine  Prefence  may  fa- 
tisfy  thee,  for  this  is  what  only  prepares  the  moil 
acceptable  Sacrifice,  a  broken  and  contrite  Spirit^ 
wherein  is  true  Light  and  durable  Joy  :  Thus 
farevvel,  farewel,  Faith  thy  nearly  affectionate 
Father,  to  the  bcft  of  my  Capacity  in  every  refpett 
•which  I  hope  thou  art,  and  often  will  be,  profitably 
icr.fiblcof.  J.  F. 

On  the  zzd  of  the  Seventh  Month  (continues  the. 
'Journal)  after  the  Yearly-meeting  was  over,  hav 
ing  feme  Concern  remaining  with  me  towards  Ma 
ryland,  I  fet  cut  for  the  We/lem-Shore,  and  went 
th.it  Ni;;ht  to  Cbeftcr,  and  had  Meetings  at  fivfb- 
rtvsr,  near  Pottpfco,  and  at  U^ejl-Yivev ;  where  I 
if  aid  at  c-fcfeph  Galloways  about  two  Day  s,vi  fining  fe~. 
veral  Friends  Families  there-away,  and  was  at  the 
Meeting  a^ain  on  Firliday,  which  was  pretty 
larj^e. 

The  4th  of  the  Eighth  Month  I  had  a  pretty 
Jar^e  Meeting  at  the  Cliffs y  wherein  Truth  folid- 
]y  owned  u?,  a  .d  enabled tne  to  labour  much  to 
r:y  Difcharge  of  ;',  it  Part  of  the  Country.  Kext 
D-i/  I  kifd  a  Meetiii^  at  Ilerring-Crfyk,  ar.d  took 

Leave 


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JLeave  of  Friends  there,  returning  again  to  Jofeph 
Galloway*  $. 

On  the  6th  I  fet  out  with  forne  Friend?  for  the 
Pay,  in  order  to  be  at  the  Yearly -meeting  near 
Qjoptank- River,  and  got  well  over :  On  the  8th, 
being  Firft-day,  the  Yearly -meeting  began,  and 
continued  Five  Bays,  fome  of  the  Meetings  being 
very  large  ;  and  the  Power  and  Teftimony  of 
Truth  comfortably  prevailed  among  the  People, 
to  the  true  Satisfaction  of  Friends,  and  the  Al 
mighty  Name  was  magnified.  After  the  Yesrly- 
meeiing  was  over,  I  had  a  Meeting  at  TuckahoiU) 
and  a  pretty  large  open  Meeting  near  Choptank- 
Uead,  among  fome  People  who  made  little  Profef- 
Jlon  of  Truth,  yet  the  Love  of  God  extended  free 
ly  towards  them,  wherein  we  rejoiced. 

On  the  loth  I  was  at  a  large  Meeting  near  Lit- 
ih-Crcek  on  Delaware- River ,  it  being  their  Yearly- 
meeting,  and  continued  two  Days,  many  Friends 
and  others  were  prefer, t,  and  the  bieffed  Truth 
owned  us,  mercifully  prevailing  fo  many  of  our 
Comforts,  and  the  Lord  our  God  had  the  Glory. 
After  this  I  had  Meetings  at  Duck-Creek,  Gecree's- 
Creek,  Ketxcxjlle,  and  a  pretty  large  one  at  fffyiam 
Skipky's  at  tt'ilmington,  alfo  at  George  Kiffetfs,  Ken- 
vet,  and  New -Garden  ;  at  Concord,  Providence,  and 
a  large  heavenly  Meeting  at  Gofien.  I  went  from 
hence  to  North* Wales,  and  was  at  two  Meetings 
there,  wherein  divine  Goodnefs  was  manifefted  to 
our  Comfort,  and  the  holy  Name  was  honoured. 

The  3 1  It  I  was  at  a  Monthly-meeting  at  ^'ter/0;?, 
•which  was  large,  and  on  the  ift  of  the  Ninth 
Month  had  a  Meeting  at  Horfmm,  which  was 
greatly  to  my  Difcbarge,  and  the  CYmfortef  many. 
The  next  Day  I  had  a  Meeting  to  true  and  great 
Satis'iiclioii  at  Trenton,"  and  a^ot-ter  the  Day  fol 
low  ing  at  Burlington,  in  order  to  be  fully  clear, 

with 


3 

tvith  Satisfaction,  of  that  Place.  After  this  I  had 
a  Meeting  with  Friends  at  Brifolt  and  the  next 
Day  was  at  three  large  Meetings  at  Philadelphia^ 
being  Firft-day.  The  next  was  their  Qusnerly- 
rneeting,  and  the  following  a  General-  meeting, 
Uiortly  of  Youth,  which  was  made  thro'  the  Good- 
nefs  and  Help  of  Truth,  a  precious,  eftablithing 
Opportunity.  I  ftaid  that  Week  in  the  City,  and 
was  at  the  Meetings  as  they  fell  in  Ccurfe, 
and  the  Firft-day  following  was  made  truly  fans- 
factory  and  comfortable. 

Oa  the  1  4th  I  had  a  Meeting  at  Fairkillj  where 
in  divinp  Wifdom  and  Power  very  eminently  dig 
nified  the  Opportunity  to  our  Joy  in  the  Lord. 
The  next  Diy  I  \vent  to  a  General-meeting  at 
Chcfer,  which  was  very  large  and  fatisfadto'ry.  ; 
and  we  parted  ia  true  Love  and  Ncarneft  in  the 
Love  of  Chrift  our  Lord.  On  the  zoth  I  had  a 
Targe  Meeting  at  S>rlntt  and  was  at  the  Quarterly  - 
meeting  there  the  Da/  following,  with  good  Satif- 
faction  ;  as  alfo  the  next  Day  at  the  Youths-meet 
ing,  which  was  large,  and  marie  thoroughly  iati£- 
tactory  in  rii  (charging  me  of  thofe  Parts. 

The  23d  I  had  a  bleffed  Meeting  with  Friends 
at  Pitefgrcve,  and  the  nest  Day  was  at  a  General- 
mceting  at  Haddovfdd,  wherein  the  Lord  our  God 
gracioufiy  owned  us,  and  bleffed  cur  Meetirg, 
giving  us  to  part  one  from  another  in  a  living  Senfe 
of  his  Love  and  Power  ;  and  his  glorious  Name 
was  worshipped  and  praifed.  I  came  that  Night 
again  to  %feph  Cooper's^  and  the  Day  following  to 
Ffoi!eJefybiat  where  I  Raid  till  the  8th  of  the  Tenth 


Month,  and  had  divers  great  and  heavenly  Meet 
ings  ;  and  afrer  a  very  open  and  folidly  edifying 
Meeting,  I  took  Le;ive  of  Friends  there  in  much 
true  Love  ar.d  Nearnefs  in  Spirit,  si:d  heavenly 
Unity  in  the  Lord. 


I  then  tookPailage  for  Barlat)s>  in  Company 
with  a  Native  of  Berytus  in  Syria  (.about  fmy 
Miles  North  of  jfenifalem')  who  being  oppreffed  by 
the  forks,  and  Gripped  of  his  Polflfeilions,  had  been 
obliged  to  feveral  European  Princes  for  indulging 
him  to  ask  the  Benevolence  of  their  Subjects.  I  had 
fome  fuisf;icfcory  Converfation  with  him,  which 
induced  him  to  be  very  aftccltionaiely  courteous  to 
me,  and  was  Lbclieve  of  fome  Service  to  him  in  a 
religious  Senfc,  tho*  we  could  converie  very  little 
but  by  an  Interpreter.  We  had  a  life  Paflage, 
thro*  fome  very  ftormy  Weather,  and  landed  in 
Barbados  the  9th  of  the  Eleventh  Month,  1737. 

From  Barbados   fa  wrote  the  following  £p/f!t  is 
Friends  on  tie  Enfern-fiore  in  Maryland. 


6r    D 

Flocks 


DEAR  FRIENDS, 

N  the  Extendings  of  the  Love  of  drift  the 
great  and  bleiTed  Shepherd  of  thfi  Lord's 
Floe K  every  where,  am  I  concerned  to  remember 
you,  and  ftirred  up  to  write  a  Hide  to  you,  as  * 
tender  and  brotherly  Silutation  ;  and  I  earneftly 
intreat  you  ail,  carefully  and  weightily  to  con/idei> 
that  the  moft  neceffary  Concern  and  Work  of  cur 
Day  here,  certainly  is  to  feck  for  experimental 
Knowledge  of  Reconciliation  to  God  the  Father, 
thro*  the  Obedience  of  living  Faith  in  tiie  Name  qf 
Chrift,  and  the  Renewing  of  the  holy  Spirir ;  and 
fo  to  live,  walk,  and  labour  in  and  wich  our  hea~ 
veuly  Talent  or  Gift,  that  we  ihevv  forth  and  pro 
mote  the  Righteoulnefs  and  Puriry  of  the  blciTed 
Gofpel-day,  as  Ligiits  to  the  World,  but  moil 
immediately  and  directly  fo,  to  thole  of  the  fams 
ProfelKon  with  us. 

**  And  I  am  fully  fatisficd,  that  tlie  gracious 
Regard  of  Almighty  Goodnefs  isa-trefh  extending 
to  wards /OM,  in  order  to  help  you,  bot.i  to  own 

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220 

and  to  live  more  comfortably  in  the  Dominion  o£ 
Truth  in  yourfelves  ;  and  to  enable  you  in  the 
Life  and  Wirdom  of  Truth,  to  be  more  fervicea- 
ble  in  your  Families,  in  the  Society  profeffing  to  be 
of  you  (fb  lamentably  decaying  in  your  I3arts) 
a:  d  alfo  to  the  Neighbourhood  :  For  if  the  re 
deeming  Power,  an^  fa!i<5tif/ing  Life  of  Chrift» 
the  one  true  and  bleffed  Head  and  Shepherd,  did 
but  fhew  itfelf  and  its  heavenly  Effects  fuitubly, 
thro*  the  more  knowing  and  more  ac'ti/e,  or  chief 
Part  of  the  Society,  if  is  indifputable  with  me,  that 
the  Lord's  Work  of  gachering  many  to  be  living 
Stones,  and  building  People  up  a  living  Houfe,  in 
Order  and  godlike  Beauty,  would  profper,  and 
recover  Strength  and  Luflre  among  you :  For 
you  wou!d  be  helped  to  .{peak  in  one  Life,  one 
Zeal,  and  one  Language  of  Wifdom,  to  the  Joy 
and  Comfort  of  the  Honeftly-mindcd,  who  forfle  of 
them,  tlio"  they  may  be  at  a  Dsftance  in  divers 
Refpe&s,  yet  are  at  Times  looking  for  Zion,  but 
cannot  fee  fuch  Beauty  amongft  her  profeffed 
Chiefs,  where  they  have  expected  it  to  appear,  as 
to  convince  them,  this  is  foe. 

<c  And  fome  others  who  are  lamed  in  Part,  and 
depraved  in Senfe,  yet  are  not  quite  dead,  but  are 
now  and  then  awakened  to  fee  and  feel  fomething 
of  their  own  dark  and  bewildered  Condition  ;  who 
if  they  had  proper  Light  fhewn  them,  and  were 
ftirred  up  to  look  wherein  they  have  turned  afide 
(which  is  but  your  and  all  our  Intercft  and  Duty 
to  be  devotedly  concerned  for)  fomefiich  I  believe 
would  yet  be  gathered  nearer,  would  be  reftored 
in  themfelves,  and  would  add  Help  and  Beauty  to 
the  Lord's  Family  :  and  'the  Mouths  of  rhofe  who 
mock  and  contemn  the  Repairers,  would,  in  the 
Lord's  Counfel,  be  flopped,  or  turn  to  their  own 
&hame  and  Sorrow  ;  and  the  feeming  Strength  of 
the  Arm  of  fuch  Uucircumcifed,  would  appear  to 

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•-re  Weakneft,  and  like  Briars  and  Thorns  in 
the  Way  of  the  Lord  of  Hoih. 

**  So,  dear  Fric?ids,  Brethren  and  Slferst  be.  rouz,- 
ed  up  into  upright  Inwardnefs  of  Application  in 
Soul,  to  have  your  own  Hearts  (carched  by  the 
Finger  or  .Power  of  God;  and  that  its  Love  and 
Virtue  may  help  and  lead  you  in  Faithfulneft  to 
labour  in  the  Work  of  the  Lord,  that  you  may 
b:  fully  dear  of  the  Blood  of  alt :  And  I  fully  be- 
Ircve  the  Welled  Mailer-builder  and  great  Huf- 
b.tiidman,  utili  yet  add  a  iUefling  to  your  fincere 
•/ Application,  both  inwardly  For  your  own  Help, 
aiid  to  others;  for  his  Eve  is  towards  you  for  Good,. 
aad  towards  the  Work  he  hath  begun  in  your  Parts. 

"  And  I  beg  it  may  ever  be  remembered,  piir- 
ticuiarly  by  the  more  active  for  Religion,  either 
as  Minifters,  or  other  Helps  in  tlie  Government 
of  the  Church,  that  Exhortation,.  Advice,'  or  pro- 
pofing  the  beft  of  Rules  for  necefTuy^  Practice^ 
are  not  like  to  produce  much  good  Effe<5ts,  if  the? 
Tincture  aud  Savour  of  the  Spirit  of  Religion  and 
Gofpel-pover  do  not  accompany  fuch  Labour,  and 
fhevv  itle If  in  the  Life  of  filch  Perfons  ;  for  that 
leads  into,  and  ^ives  Dominion  over  our  own  Spi 
rits  and  Tempers,  and  wafheth  from  the  defiling* 
Love  and  Spirit  of  this  World >  with  its  corrupting 
Friendfhips  and  felfifh.  Views,  which  have  hurc 
man^  imwardly,  if  not  (lain  and  hid  wafte  Multi 
tudes. 

"  But  oh!  to  humble,  clean  and  enlivened 
Hearts,  the  frefh  Feeling  of  the  Life  of  Truth  re 
vives  Faith  under  Difficulties  andDifcouragements,, 
and  gives  both  Beaut;/,  Authority  and  Room,  and 
never  fails  to  render  People  really  ufeful,  and 
Helpers  to  repair  and  build  up,  according  to  the 
feveral  Talents  received  ;  Nor  can  any  Thing  be 
low  this  heavenly  Life  being  felt  and  yielded  unto 
make  any  eSedually  ufeful ;  but  Weakuefs,  and 
F  f  Decay 


C       1*2      ) 

Decay  in  Practice  will  ft  ill  follow  and  fprcad  j 
For  the  carnal  Mind,  and  fkfhly  Williom,  tho* 
there  Ihould  appear  ibme  outward  Str i&nefs,  will 
often  find  Excules  for  not  doing  one  Thing,  and 
for  doing  another,  as  beft  fuits  prefent  Advantage 
or  Pleafure  to  the  Creature  ;  and  hence  have 
come  thofe  numerous  Divifions,  Enmities,  Con 
tentions,  and  Variety  of  PracHcc-s>  Parties,  and  e- 
yil  Liberties  into  the  profcflcd  Ckriftian  Churches, 
and  in  Part  amongft  us  as  a  People,  under  which, 
you  and  the  Caufe  of  Chriii  in  your  Province 
fuffer. 

"  However,  I  am  perfuadcd  the  Lord  of  Hea 
ven  and  Earth  is  gracioufly  mindful  of  you,  of  his 
Caufe,  and  of  man/  poorv  inwardly  diftempered, 
and  lamed  (by  their  evil  Lufts)  amongft  you,  in 
order  to' extend  Help,  and  to  make  you  Helpers 
one  to  another,  thro*  Holinefs  of  Life,  and  wife 
and  living  Zeal ;  and  therefore,  dear  Friezas,  be 
encouraged  in  labouring  to  live,  to  exhort,  re 
prove,  invite  and  provoke  to  Love  as  Occafionmay 
offer,  with  Qfriftian  Diligence,  and  without  Par 
tiality  :  So  will  Light  yet  break  out  from  Darknefs> 
and  the  darkening,  reafoning  Spirit  of  this  World, 
•will  gradually  be  /flenced,  and  the  Teftimony  of 
Truth,  in  its  feveral  antient.  and  holy  Branches, 
be  again  feen  clearly,  as  they  are  the  Fruits  of  the 
Life  and  Light  of  the  everlafting  Gofpcl ;  and 
will  be  borne  openly  and  faithfully  tor  Chrift-'s 
Sake:  And  thus  you,  as  his  Children,  will  be  a- 
bundantly  more  honoured  and  owned  with  his 
living,  glorious,  healing  and  ftrengcheriing  Pre«^ 
fence  :  And  fo  inward  Salvation>  outward  Fruit- 
fulnefs  in  Righteoulnefs,  with  freih  Anointing,' 
and  railing  up  of  helpful  Inftrumems  for  various 
Services  in  the  Churcn,  and  the  good  of  Mankind, 
will  yet  again  grow  among  you,  to  your  Joy  and 
lionour,  and  c.o  the  Glory  and  Praiie  of  the  un- 

change- 


C 

changeable,  holy  Lord  God  Almighty,  ever  wor 
thy  to  be  loved,  feared,  obediently  trufted  in,  and 
magnified  for  ever.  Thus,  dear  Friends  ^  tny  Soul 
longs  for  you,  and  the  Father's  Honour,  and  in 
his  Name  falutes  the  Living.  I  am  your  true 
Friend,  and  an  earneft  Seeker  of  your  prefent 
and  eternal  Good «  JOHN  FOTHERGILL. 

<c  If  I  have  been  very  preflmg  and  earneft  with 
you,  and  not  without  Danger  of  offending  fomef 
yet  know  ye,  it  is  from  a  clear  View  that  the  Lord 
of  Heaven  and  Earth,  who  fees  all  Things  and 
Perfons  as  they  are  in  Reality,  is  both  willing  and 
ck/irous  to  help  and  quicken  you,  and  to  repair  his 
Work  and  Plantation  among  you  in  this  Province ; 
and  to  water  and  drefs  it,  that  it  may  become  both' 
more  comfortable  in  itfelf,  and  more  beautiful ;  he 
therefore  ufeth  yarious  Means  to  encourage  you 
to  feek  the  Lord  in  good  earneft,  to  know  him  to 
Work  in,  for  and  with  you,  for  that  great  End,  to 
prevent  greater  Defolations  and  Forlaking,  which 
is  like  to  overtake  you,  thro*  the  Rebellious  and 
[Negligent,  to  more  Scandal  and  Sorrow  of  Heart. 

"  I  am  now  clear,  and  befeechthat  you  may  make 
proper  Ufe  of  this  and  all  other  Favours,  both  in 
thinking  of  it  carefully,  and  fpreading  it  as  may  be 
judged  ncceffary  ;  and  I  feem  rather  moved  with 
Defire  that  this,  or  a  Copy  of  it,  may  go  to  Friends 
over  the  Bay  :  Tho*  at  prefent  my  Hope  feems 
iveak  of  fome,  of  their  regarding  any  Thing  that 
ma}«  be  for  their  effectual  Help.  But  the  unchange 
able  God,  fiis  holy  Truth,  and  faithful  Labourers 
in  his  Love  and  Fear,  will  be  clear,  and  have  Com 
fort  in  themfclves  from  him  whofe  Ear  grows  not: 
heavy  that  it  cannot  hear  in  any  Land  or  Age  ; 
Glory  and  Thankfgiving  be  to  hi  Name  for  ever 
and  ever." 

Barbados,  tbe2$doftle 

Month,  1737.  F  f  z  A% 


C    224   ) 

"All  tie  'Acount  that  remains  of  bis  Vifit  to  this  IJl 
%vd  cf  kis  Return y  we  believe  is  contained  intke  joi 
ivg  Letters  to  one  of  In  Sons  in  England,  viz. 

Barbadas,  2jth  of  tie  I  ith  Afonib,  1737. 
—"I  was;  brought -hither  well -about  Sixteen 
Days  ago,  in  32  Days  from  Philadelphia,  yet  do 
isot  find  mylelf  Free  to  leave  thePkce  lo  foon  ;  and. 
therefore  a?  a  VefTel  is  jaft -going  hence  for  Londcn^ 
I  cannot  well  omit  writing  a  little  to  inform  thee, 
that  I  am  thus  far.  on  my  Way,  and  eafy  in  my  Hope 
and  Senfe.  of  the  Father's  Favour.— -If,  this  Ship 
had  ftaid  two  or  three  Weeks  longer,  I  flioqkl  have 
been  in  hopes,  I  might  have  lefc  the  liland  with 
Eafe  ;  but  I  dare  not,  as  it  is:  And  yet  it  is  qiieftion» 
able  wliether  another  will  fail  for  England  in  lefs 
than  two  Months,  which  is  fome  what  hard  for  me  to 
think  of,  both  in  refped;  to  the  Unpleafantnefs  of 
the  Place,  from  the  extreme  Heats,  the  fmail  Num- 
i>er  of  Friends,  and  the  general  Remotenefs  of  the 
Inhabitants  from  Religion.—  Tho'  I  am  eafy  in  Re- 
fignation  to  All- wife  Difpofal,  and  full  of  Thank- 
fulnefs,  under  the  bending  Senfe  of  gracious  and 
Urong  Extending  of  Divine  Good-will  to  many  of 
the  remote  ;  and  of  fatherly ,  fuccouring  Encou 
ragement  to  the  few  Spiritually -minded  here.— May 
Rain  from  Heaven  bedew  thy  Soul  and  Undcr- 
flanding  ;  and  cherifh  and  revive  the  Lord's  -Heri 
tage  every  where,  J.  F."  . 

Barbados )  nil  of  the  id  AJovto,  1738. 
,  -—  <(  Nearly  affectionate  and  careful  Remem 
brance  of  thee,  induceth  me  to  endeavour  to  let 
thee  hear  from  me  as  often  as  I  well  can  in  this 
long  Ab fence,  which  Wifdom  hath  feen  good  to 
order  ;  under  which,  for  that  Reafon,  I  am  hum 
bly  chearful  in  reverent  Hope  ;  and  for  the  preferit 
v^e  muft  fubniit  to  be  yet  longer  Separated  than  I 

-    expect-  i 


C    225    ) 

expe&ed,  when  I  laft  wrote.  No  Veflel  hath  fail'^ 
hence  to  any  Part  of  Ewqfand,  that  I  know  of,  nor 
is  likely  to  do  foon  for  London,  fo  that  I  conclude 
to  take  Pafftge  in  one  bound  for  LancAJhv^  and 
which  intends  to  fet  fail  in  two  or  three  Days ; 
being  now  very  defirous  to  be  gone  hence  :  Tho* 
I  hope  never  to  forget  the  merciful  Nearnefs  an4 
Goodnefsof  Truth  to  me  here  ;  both  in  affording 
the  renewed  Senie  of  heavenly  Life,  and  in  prc- 
fervfngmy  Health. — I  cannot  well  add  much,  nor 
is  much  more  in  my  Thoughts  at  prefent ;  but  may 
fay,  that  tho*  this  is  a  poor  irreligious  Place,  yer 
both  many  of  the  People,  and  the  few  Friends  here, 
are  very  loving  and  refpedtful  ;  and  I  hope  I  fhali 
leave  the  PI  ace  with  inward  Eafeto  myfe?f,and  Re 
putation  to  Truth.  From  thy  truly  loving  Father, 

J-  F. 

Lancaflev,  zdcftfy  tfb.jlfwtfy  173^ 

-  J^EAR  SON, 

V  TT^l'vEBY  thou  wilt  underhand,  I  am 
L  brought  fafe  to  my  native  Land  again, 
in  which.  I  very  humbly  acknowledge  merciful 
Goodnefs  and  Prefervation,  ftiil  engaging  and  en 
gaging  in  Love,  Fear  and  reverentTrult  towards  the 
moft  gracious,  Almighty  Lord  God,  of  whole  Good 
nefs,  Power  and  Mercy , there isno  End .  I  ftrongly  in 
tended  to  have  came  by  way  o^Loruion^  had  any  Paf- 
fage  offered  with  a  Probability  of  my  reaching  the 
Yearly -meeting;  but  when  this  feemed  unlikely 
to  happen,  I  rather  cbofe  to  come  to  this  Place, 
where  I  arrived  laft  Night,  afier  a  PaiTage  of  Sis 
Weeks  betwixt  Land  and  Land,  but  thro'  very 
rough  hard  Weather,  for  the  Seafon  of  the  Year  i 
But  I  was  always  preferved  quiet,  inwardly  eafy, 
and  Heady  in  Hope.  I  am  pretty  well  in  Health, 
ss  well  as  cafy  and  fwcct  in  Spirit :  Worihip  amd 

Praife 


C    226    ) 

Praife  be  to  the  holy  Author  of  all  Good.  -So  with 
dear  Salutation  in  holy  living  Love  to  my  near1 
Friends  (and  there  are  many^fuch)  and  to  thyfeif,  I 
remain  thy  ardently  well-wlfliing  Father, 


From  Lancafter  he  *.vtnt  directly  to  his  Habitation^ 
witch  was  then  in  Netherdale,  Yorkshire,  where  he 
was  joyfully  rrcclvtd  by  his  Family  and  Friend  s>  with 
Imn&k  Gratitude  and  Reverence  to  that  holy  Power 
which  bad  thro  ugh  all  -preferred  him  to  their  Comfort,  He 
fet  out  fooK  after  for  the  Z^ttoirterly  -meeting  at  York, 
which  was  liree^  and  attended  by  divers  Friends  from 
feveral  Parts  of  the  Nation,  who  were  truly  glad  of  his 
Prefence  awontr  them  on  that  Occafion,  which  in  dee  divas 
fohmn  and  edifying  in  many  Re/pe&s,  in  a  very  eminent 


H/hilft  he  was  on  this  Vifit  in  America,  he  wrote 
the  folhwht?  Epijlle  to  Friends  of  the  Quarterly  meet 
ing  at  York  : 


c 


JDr.AR  FRIENDS, 
&   ~*TXT  »u«  /~,vi;j  c^ 


the  folidSenfe  of  the  uniting,  Heart-warm  - 


iugt  flrengthning,  lupplying  Love  and 
in  and  thro'  CHRIST  our  Head,  Lord,  and 
Captain  of  all  our  Salvation,  doth  my  Spirit  and 
Hear  t  very  nearly  falute  you;  and  you  may  be  affu  red, 
though  I  am  drawn,  by  the  Father  of  the  living 
Family,  outwardly  from  you,  who  arc  the  moft  near 
Part  of  it  to  me,  yet  am  I  vcr»  often  with  you,  in  the 
Union  of  the  one  heavenly  Power  and  Engager  of 
Hearts  for  the  Health  and  Well-being  of  Z'icny  and 
for  her  Growth  in  that  Sbundnefs  and  Beauty,  •vvith 
•which  God  would  bleis  his  People  and  Family  ;  and 
for  the  Pmfperity  of  which  great  and  good  Work, 
our  gracious  God  hath  gathered  and  baptized  many 
Spirit*  among  you,  into  a  deep  and  daily  Concern  ; 
and  who  alfo  futfer  and  mourn  in  Soul  before  the 

Lord, 


Lord,  when  Things  and  Practice*  happen,  andarc- 
fJien  into,  which   weaken  and   ftaiu,-  and  wound 

;  Particulars,  and  dilhonour  the  Caufe  and  Name  of 
the  Lord  our  God. 

*'  And  in  this  Care  and  Exercife  am  I  fKil  with 
you,  who  thus  travel  for  the  Health  and  Comfort 
of  the  Flock  of  God,  and  for  the  Help  of  the 
Weak  and  Unwife,  that  the  Name  of  the  Lord 
may  be  magnified  in  the  Earth  ;  and  in  this  have 
we  Caufe  to  hope  and  be  encouraged,  that  divins 
Help,  in  the  Senfe  of  our  Father's  Love  and  Prc- 
fence  continues  gracioufly  to  vi/it  with  renewed 
Ke.)pr  both  TO  live  and 'labour  ;  and  he  with  whom 

"ail  Fulnefs.  dwells,  doth  not  for  fake. 

u  Wherefore,  dear  Friends^  I  tenderly  intreat 
all  who  love  the  Lord  Jcfus  Chrift  in  Sincerity,  to 
hope  in  the  divine  Power  and  Life  which  evtr 
lives,  and  fervently  to  wait  for  the  daily  freih  A- 

|  noicdng  of  it,  from  whence  alone  you,  and  ait 
have,  and  ever  mull  have.  Enlargement  of  Life  in 
yourfelves,  whereby  to  live ;  and  ofXJgbt,  Wif-. 
dom  and  Strength,  to  ad:  any  Way  to  good  Pur- 

:  pole  in  God's  Houie. 

; ."_  And  I  fully  l>elieve  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  will 
lift  up  a  Standard  againft  the  Enemy,  who  is  a» 
work  under  various  Dilguiies,  aflauhing  the  Work, 
of  the  GpJpel,  and  will  help  the  Lor d\  People  to 
be  more  and  more  bright  in  Life,  and  fuccefsful 
in  Labour  ;  but  befure  be  honeft  and  true  in  your 
Locs  and  Polls,  both  when  you  are  colie-iied  to  adt 
in  a  Body,  Males  a-part,  and  Females  a- part,  for 
the  Propagation  of  Peace  and  Purity,  and  the 
Beauty  of  Truth,  and  to  difcourage  the  Appear 
ance  and  Operation  of  tbe  defiling  and  enticing 
Spirit  of  Unrighteoufncfs  J  in  which  Work,  born: 
Male  and  Female  fhould  be  julfc  and  faithful  to 
God,  as  well  privately  in  Families,  as  more  puh- 

.  Ii(tirx  in  the  Churches.     And  as  you  are  thus  faith- 


C     "8     ) 

ful,  vou  will  be  true  Friends  to  the  Youngerand 
VYeaker,  and  to  one  another  ;  hue  you  cannot  be 
fo,  if  Self  and  Flefh,  with  its  libertine  Ways,  be. 
fheltered,  and  fought  to  be  faved,  rather  than  than 
ihe  holy  equal  Line,  and  Judgment  o'f  Trutli 
iliould  be  extended,  and  have  its  freight  Way. 

**  And  I  particularly  befeech  you,  my  beloved 
jVyfcw., -to  be  encouraged  and  "ftirred  up,  humbly 
and  with  Hope  to  feek  the  Lord,  who  will  be; 
Wifdom  and  Strength  (for  all  have  Need  of  both) 
arid  if  you  in  Faith  and  Meeknefs  feek  the  Lord 
for  his  Hd<>,  you  will  be  enabled  to  a<5t  more 
ftrongly,  wifely  and  iuctefsfuily  iu  fulfilling  your. 
Part  of  building  and  beautifying  the  Houfe  of  God, 
to  your  o\vn  Comfort  and  joy,  in  feeing  the  Fa'' 
ther  put  his  own  Image  and  Life' of  Righreoufnef? 
more  and  ir.ore  upon  your  Sex,  and  the  Youth 
among  them.  -Ardlam  lure,  if  the  Brethren 
live  in,  ar.d  ro  the  Life  of  Religion,  they  will  both 
be  Exampks  to  you  of  Diligence  in  Life,  in  at-, 
tending  Meetings,  and  in  -zealous  Watchfulnefs,! 
to  encourage  the  Good,  aiid  to  admonifh  the  Loofe 
a!id  Diforderly  j  aud  -will  aifo  put  you  forward, 
and  ftrengchep  you.indpiixg  your  Parrs  faithfully. 

1  c<  Thus,  my  dear  Friends^  do  >ou  feek  divine. 
Help1  together,  andalfo  in  your  particular  Residences 
and  Services;  and  I  'am  fully  perfuaded,  the  ever- 
lafting  Father  of  all  Comfon,  and  of  divine  Light 
and  Ability ,  -will  acid  a  BlelTmg  to  the  Cries  and  La 
bour  of  his  People,  and  make  many  inftrumental  to 
repair  and  recover  decaying  and  lean  Places.  But 
how  is  it  very  likely  that  the  Lower,  or  rrore  Fee 
ble  outwardly,  fhould  do  much  towards  fo  great  a 
Work  in  many  Refpecte,  if  the  more-  Knowing  and 
Strong,  as  Creatures,  fliouid  rmnd  themlelves  and 
their  temporal  AfFnrs,  more  than  the  Life  of 
Religion,  and  the  Concerns  of  Truth  and  Righ- 
teoulnels? 

«  And 


"  And  you  younger  People  of  that  Meeting  ari 
County,  towards  whom  my  Bowels  have  otten 
moved  within  me  in  the  Love  of  God,  fee  k  to  have 
Room  made  in  your  Hearts  far  Chrift,  that  he  may 
reign  in  you,  and  be  your  Saviour  and  Shepherd  ; 
and  he  will  yet  more  baptise  you  into  D^ath  to  Va- 
:nity,  and  a  Senfe  of  Salvation,  and  make  you  a 
Generation  to  his  own  Praife  ;  that  from  Age  to 
.Age  the  Name  of  the  mighty  God  may  be  great  an4 
renowned  in  the  Earth,  aiul  in  that  beloved  County  «, 

11  Thus,  my  near  Frunds%  my  brotherly  Greet 
ing  in  the  Good-will  of  God  the  Father  runs  to 
you  jn  a  Manner  which  I  hope  many  of  you  can 
feel  ;  and  be  comforted  and  encouraged  in  tho 
jLard  and  in  his  Service,  .for  he  is  gckxl  unto  his 
People  :  And  you  may  know  that  the  good  Arm  p£ 
•'JTruth,  which  drew  me  ov?,r  the  Sea  once  more^ 
)iarh  .mercifully  helped  and  affifted  to  travel  and 
labour  with  Diligence,  and  often  to  humbling 
Comfort.  I  have  now  been  at  the  moll  Northern. 
Fart  of  Ncw-EagUnti  where  any  Friends'  live,  ancf 
hope  to  be  at  Bojlon  in  about  a  Week,  where 
Friends  are  fomewhat  increafed,  and  the  People 
civil  and  courteous,  as  they  no  w  are  in  many,  ;i£ 
hot  mod  other  Places.  J.  F." 


Epiflt  was  dattd  at  Hampton,  in  lie  Eafl  of 
New-England,  the  $tbofibe  F$ib  Alonth^  17^7,  ayd 
accompanied  the  following  one  to  Friends  of  VYeniley^ 
d^tle  Meeting. 

>  .   My  mar  and  truly  befaed  Friend$r 

A   LTHO'  it  hath  pleafed  the  .everlafting; 

JLJL  -Father  andbkiied  Comforter  of  his  Peo 

ple,    to  leparatc  me  outwardly  far  frc/m  'you,  by 

the  Engagings  of  his  Love  towards  the  Inhabitant* 

of  thefe  Cour^tri^s,  yec  his  uniting  Lo/3  and  pure 

Goodnefs  hath,  and  doth  often  lead  my  Spirit 

G  g 


ly  to  remember,  and  hiddonly  to  vifit  yoa,  aiui 
r'dn  as  it  were  among  you  from  one  to  another,  In 
a  particular  Manner,  aid  often  to  breathe  for  your 
Edification  in  your  Meetings;  and  in  fuch  tender 
and  divinely  enlivened  Defircs  for  your  belt  Helpand 
Freding,  that  I  could  gladly  have  wrote  fomething 
of  a  brotherly  Salutation  ere  now>  if  I  could  have 
lent  it  ro  *  ou  when  my  Heart  was  to  opened.  But 
I  have  been  feme  Weeks,  and  am  under  a  frcih. 
Kearnefs,  and  Jiving,1  careful,  WcU-wilhing  tor 
you,  and  your  profpering  in  the  Salvation  of  God, 
fo  that  I  mrt  fteal  a  little  Time  to  ttrirc,  hoping  to 
meet  with  an  Opportunity  to  fend  it  ere  Long  : 
And  herewith  freely  rcacheth  a  Degrei  of  the 
Love  of  God,  thro*  my  Heart  unto  you,  which 
Love  hath  often  afte&ed  many  of  us  with  carncft 
gorging  for  the  Help  and  Favour  of  its  glorious 
Author  ard  Spring  :  And  through  Faith  in  him  that 
i»  invifible,  aiid  noneft  Care  to  be  fubject  to  the  ()- 
peration  of  his  humbling  Hatid,  we  have  bseu  ga- 
fhered  info  a  heavenly  and  near  Relation,  fame 
Nearer,'  and  others  at  more  Diitance  or  beJund,,  ac^ 
cording  as  the  divine  Influence  of  the  Love  and 
Power  of  G-od  in  Chfift  hath  been  jaiued  wiih, 
waited  for,  and  dicnflicd,  in  order  that  we  might 
be  thoroughly  baptized  and  purged :  and  as  this 
heavenly  Hand  and  Fan  of  God  hath  been  kept  un 


true  Nrarnfft  and  Onenefs  is  incrcafed. 

44  Aly  dear  Friwds,  both  elder  and  younger,  who 
who  can  run  and  read  this  Language  wick  humble 
lie \ rts  before  c he  Lord  our  cverliving  Rock  a,nd 
Founrai-i  of  ail  Good,  be  you  encouraged  humbly 
t«.  hope  in,  and  patiently,  yet  diligently  to  wain;  tor 
more  and  more  of  thi$  pure  and  winnowing  Salva- 
and  you  will  feel  almighty  Gogdncfs  and' 

Powcf 


to  caf  17  on  the  great  Work  he 
in  you,  for  he  is  well  aole :  Bu<  where  heavenly 
<roodnefsis  with- held  from  the  Soul,  and  where 
little  or  no  pure  Aoccfs  in  holy  Stilnefs  is  experi 
enced,  there  hath  been  want  of  true  and  honefl 
$ubmiflion  to  the  Influence  and  fitting  Operati 
ons  of  the  Love  and  Power  of  God,  the  one  ever- 
fafting  Father  of  the  Living ;  or  an  hiding  of  forne 
Jdois,  or  failing  in  Love  with  fomething  which 
unfirteth  for  drinking  of  the  heavfcnl*  Wine  ;  and 
thence  comes  Coldnels  towards  the  Purity  of  Re 
ligion,  and  Barrennefs  touching  the  inward  r£now- 
iedge  of  God  and  his  Salvation,  unfeafoned  Hearts, 
and  unfavory  Language  and  Conversion  at  Times, 
rnore  and  more  ftupifying  themielves,  and  iome- 
times  darkening  and  dangerous  Imaginations  are 
followed,  which  (batter  into  By-waj,  through  In- 
fmuations  of  the  wicked  Subtilty. 

11  Wherefore,  oh  my  beloved  Friends!  I  befeech 
you  carefully  and  fteadily  mind,  arid  diligently 
^ait  for,  and  truft  in  the  invifible  and  incorrup 
tible  Seed  and  Power,  which  ever  lives,  is  ever 
pure,  and  ever  lufficient  to  carry  on  and  perfect 
his  great  and  glorious  Work  of  Redemption  ;  and 
is  alfo  well  able  to  aflift  and  furnilli  with  Wifdom 
and  fuitable  Degrees  of  Ability,  for  every  Engage 
ment  and  Service  which  he  leadcth  unto  ;  the'  we 
be  poor,  and  often  Nothing  but  Poverty  and  Emp- 
tinefs,  as  indeed  we  ihould  be,  till  divine  Life  and 
Goodnefs  fpring  in  again,  for  which,  quiet  and 
awfal  Attendance  is  our  Duty.  And  thus  the  holy 
Almighty  Workman  will  be  wiih,  and  operate  in 
his  his  own  Family  ;  and  as  we  lean  towards  him 
trullingly,  in  pure  Dc(ire  to  be  helped  to  follow 
l\im  uprightly,  we  fl}*ll  not  lack,  nor  ever  be 
confounded. 

"  Dear  Friends,  my  Life  in  Chrift,  the   one  li 
ving  Head  of  all  tlie  Wor^  over,  is  often  with  ma-  * 
Q  g  2*  uy 


ft'y  of  y°u  i11  a  rejoicing  Manner,  arid  in  ftron|j 
Dsfrres  that  you  may  all  feel  it  more  and  more  t<v 
waih  and  fill  you,  and  fo  give  you  to  drink  into  the' 
one  Spirit  of  Truth  and  heavenly  Unity. 

"  And  the  Eider  among  you,  while  a  little  of 
Day  remains,  may  heartily  leek  to  be  redeemed, 
redeemed ;  a  great,  but  abfolutely  ncceflary  Work; 
for  Time  is  bat  fliort  to  many  :  And  let  the  Young-* 
er  carefully  feck  that  true  Godliriefs,  which  the 
Touches  and  Winnings  of  divine  JU>ve  would  in 
cline  and  lead  all  to  :  For  this  is  the  only  infallible 
Way  to  Bleflednefs  here,  and  for  ever ;  as  a!(o  to 
be  fitted  for  Service  every  Way;  as  -well  as  to' 
Honour  and  true  Efteem  among  Men.  Thus  may 
the  Lov.c  of  God,  and  the  Power  of  his  Chrift, 
prevail  with,  and  fill  you  more  and  morel  '^men. 
And  may  know  I  am  not  difcouraged  from  hoping* 
I  may  be  favoured  to  fee  you  and  my  native  Coun 
try  again ;  divine  Love  led  me  from  you  for  the 
Lord's  Guife-fake,  and  hath  been  near'  to  direct' 
andfu'pply  with  Ailtftance,  as  much  to  my  humble 
Admiration  and  bowing  my  Soul  in  Thankfulnefs, 
as  in  any  Part  of  my  Life,  and  I  believe  to  fome 
Service  to  others ;  the  great  Being  of  ail  Power 
liath  the  Glory,  for  he  alone  is  worthy  :  And  tho* 
I  have  been  helped  to  travel  very  diligently,  and  to 
•a  good  Degree  ot  Difcharge,  yet  fo  much  is  yet 
before  me,  that  I  cxpe6t  not  to  fee  Eritfand  in  kfs 
thati  Ten  Months,  if  my  Life  bs  prolonged  ;  but 
I  am  ^iven  up  freely  in  Defire  to  the  Father's 
Will,  if  he  will  bui;  plainly  lead  and  help.  Now, 
in  ever- living  and  pure  Love,  and  firong  Den" res 
for  all  your  Salvation  and  belt  of  Comfort,  in  and 
thro' free  Acccfs  to1  the  Father  of  Might  and  Mer 
cy,  thro'  Jtfus  Chrift  our  Lord,  where  we  have 
alioto  worihip  livingly  ;  I  once  more  falute  you, 
and  remain  ycur  truly  loving  Friend  and  Brcrhcr 
to  rhe  living  inffr.ie!,  J.  F." 


*To  thsfe  Epiftles  it  may  not  be  improper  to  fubjcrn  tie 
following  *Lefiimomals  of  his  Labours  and  'Travels  in  the 
Alinipry  in  thefe  Parts  of  America,  in  a  Certificate  front 
Friends  there  to  the  Monthly-meeting  of  Richmond,  of 
•which  he  was  then  a  Member.  It  is  fclc fted  from  6Mny 
others  'which  he  brought  frt/m  divers  Placus,  as  it  fams. 
to  be  the  mop  comprebcnjive  of  the  peculiar  Nature  of  hi* 
Labours  and  Services^  viz.. 

*To  our  Friends  and  Brethren  of  the  Monthly  meeting 
of  Richmond,  in  York-ftiire,  ort  where  eJfe  this 
may  come . 

\  \\  7"£  falute  you  in  the  Love  and  Fellow/hip 
YY  of  theGofpel :  And  whereas  our  worthy 
Friend  and  Elder  John  Jfyt/kergify  hath  been  concern 
ed  now  in  his  advanced  Years*  to  undertake  a  third 
Vi/it  to  thefe  Parts  of  America^  in  the  Service  of  the 
Gofpel  ;  and  with  great  Diligence,  fincere  and 
hard  Labour,  for  the  Honour  of  God,  the  Good 
of  Souls,  and  the  Difchargc  of  Duty,  hath  travelled 
thro"  near,  if  not  all  the  Meetings  cf  Friends  in 
New  England  ;  in  which  Service  the  Lord  hath 
been  pleafed  to  own  and  enable  him,  in  an  eminent 
Manner,  not  only  to  point  out,  and  fhew  to  the 
Children  of  Men,  their  fpiritual  Maladies;  but  alfb 
mo  ft  clearly  to  direct,  and  moving!  y  to  invite,  unto 
Ch rift  the  Phyfcian  ofPahtet  for  a  fufe  and  certain 
Cure,  greatly  to  the  Relief  of  the  Oppreflcd,  and 
Rejoicing  of  chofe  who  are  concerned  for  Shn's 
Profperity.  His  Deportment  and  Conversion 
being  alfo  weighty  and  edifying,  adorning  the  Ser 
vice  and  Station  \v hereunto  the  Lord  hath  appoint 
ed  him  ;  wherefore  the  Faithful  have  dear  Unity 
with  him,  and  fincerely  defirc  his  future  Prcfer- 
va:ion  every  way,  that  in  the  Lord's  Time  he  may 
b=  conducted  home  to  you  and  his  Family  in  Safety, 
with  Sheaves  of  Peace  in  his  Bofom. 


C     *34     ) 

and  in  Behalf  of  ntr  guavferly-tnkting  held 
itit  Rhode-!  (land,  the  i$th  of  the  Eighth  Month^  1737", 
By  Forty -fix  Friends, 

In  the  Ytar  1739,  when,  the  Winter  Quarterly  meet- 
iftp  At  York,  which  fa  attended,  was  ovtr,  he  fet  out 
/0f  Norfolk  ;  which  County^  Part  of  Suffolk  and  Lon 
don,  bad  been  before  him  fonw  Time,  yet  not  fo  difi?ri8 
atrd  clear  as  he  nwfl  bvcd  ;  of  which  he  gave  the  follow 
ing  frfntttrte  Account  in  a  Letter  to  one  of  his  Son.% 
Jattd  fromSv$onjxI^in!Uolti{hir&f£le  ^d.ofthe  Efavevtk 
Month,  viz,. 

—  "  Tho*  I  have  been  unufually  long  without 
writing  to  theethorhonAccount  of  having  little  ma 
terial  to  adviie  of,  and  being;  under  fome  uneaf^ 
Uncertainty  about  my  real  Duty  refpeding  this 
litt'e  Journey,  which  hath  caufrd  me  more  Exer- 
cife  by  Ni^ht  ^nd  by  D.iV,  than  many  greater :  Not 
through  my  own  Unwililngnefsto  go  any  where,  if 
I  map  but  be  thoroughly  latisfied  of  the  Father's 
Mind;  but  from  a  Fear,  whether  Truth  it(elf  requi 
red,  and  drew  to  it,  tho'ithathlkxxJalmoftconftantly 
before  me  much  of  the  Timefince  I  have  faw  thee  : 
But  I  longed  for  mere  clear,  living  Engagement ; 
that  even  after  the  Time  which  ieemed  to  be  point- 
ted  out  was  come,  I  got  not  to  a  full  Conclusion  tili 
about  three  Weeks  before  I  came  away.  In  this 
Unfettledneft  I  was  backward  in  writing,  and  when 
I  came  to  a  Conclnfion,  my  Time  was  much  em 
ployed  in  leaving  Matters  iuitable:  And  thus  I  have 
been  toiling 'in  much  Fear  and  Lictlenefs,  yet  under, 
I  thitfk,  an  honcfi  Devotednels  ;  and  fo  have  been 
long,  in  a  Sort,  hid  fromthte)  tho  I  found  not  much 
Neceflity  of  writing,  except  to  manifeft  my  truly 
tender  and  earneft  Longing  of  Soul  for  thee,  and  for 
thy  Help  in  the  Way  of  Bleffing,  which,  be  allured, 
is  continued  a$  honcftiy  as  I  am  capable  of.  I 

may 


C    235    ) 

may  further  inform  thre,  that  1  hope  to  reach 
Warwick  next  Fir  ft- day  but  one,  that  County,  and 
the  upper  or  weffern  Parts  of 'Suffolk  and  fiffitx9  ha 
ving  molt  Place  wirh  me  .—Meeting-time  being  come, 
I  muft  bid  Fxrewil,  and  am  thy  loving  Father, 

j.  P.- 

After  having;  vifited  the  Counties  above-mention 
ed,  he  came  up  to  London  the  Beginning  Of  tiid 
Month  folio  wing,  andftaid  therein  vifiung  the  Meet 
ings  of  Friends  in  and  about  the  City  during  fe- 
vcral  Weeks,  to  thr  Help  and  Encouragement  cf 
many,  and  the  fnrhful  Difchargc  of  his  Duty.  He 
returned  by  Uxbridget  Jordan*  and  W^co-mb^  at 
which  Places  he  had  preity  Large  Meetings,  and 
to  fome  Advantage,  tho*  attended  with  deep  La- 
b'ourj  yet  with  humble  gbuddening  Help  :  From 
thefe  Partt  he  went  dirc£tijr  honje,  where  he  ar 
rived  in  Health  and  Peace. 

He  attended  the  Quarterly-mreticg  at  Tork  in  the 
Fir  ft  Month  following,  where  his  Company  was, 
as  ufual,  acceptable  ;  a*  his  Example  wa»  helpful 
and  edifying,  both  io  Meetings  .and  out  of  them. 
,  ^Tho*  under  ver*  great  Weakceli  as  to  Health, 
became  up  to  the  Yearly -meeting  in  Lovdov'm  the 
Year  1740,  and  it  being  die  firft  after  lii*  Return*' 
from  America,  according  to  the  general  Pradtiffr 
of  Friends,  and  at  the  Deiisc  of  his  Brethren „ 
he  gave  a  concife  and  inflruc"tive  Account  of 
itis  laft  Vi/it  to  tbofe  Parts,  the  State  of  Friendj, 
rlie  Increase,  of  the  Society  in  fome  Places,  and? 
its  declining  State  in  others,  with  the  Caufo 
which  had  moll  obvioufly  contributed  thereto. 
Jie  obferved,  that  as  the  Elders  of  the  People 
were  preferved  in  Frefhnefs  and  Zeal,  under  a  di 
ligent  Care  for  the  Growth  of  fpiritual  Religion, 
Truth  increafed,  good  Order  was  preferved,  the 
Dlfcipline  kept  up,  and  the  Youtn  in  many  Piacestfti- 
<!&*•  .<;i4  he  pclyl.  On  the  contrary,  where  ihofe  v  h* 

•\verd 


C    236    ) 

were  of  the  firft  Rank,  both  in  refpe£fc  to  Age  and 
Situation  of  Life,  declined  in  their  reljgious  Care ; 
where  the  Spirit  of  this  World  fuppreued  the  ten-? 
der  Dcfires  afrer  Riches  of  a  durable  Nature  ; 
there  Wsakncfs,  Diforder  and  UnfaithfUlnefs,  was 
toi>  obvious,  and  a  daily  Decay  of  real  Piety  a$ 
well  as  uf  Numbers,  prevailed,,  to  the  Grief  or*  the 
Honeft-hearted,  and  the  Lofs  of  thole  who  unhap 
pily  fuffered  this  corrupting  Spirit  ro  take  Place. 
He  pointed  out  in  a  clear  Manner,  the  different 
Parts  where  tbefe  F.fte£ts  appeared,  with  that  deep 
ly  affecting  Sorrow  whl:h  pierced  him,  when  a- 
nqft  thofe  whole  Condu6fc  occafiou'd  it. 

This  Summer,  being  engaged  in  fome  little  do- 

rric  Affairs,  he  was  not  much  abroad  long  to 
gether,  tho*  he  atterxded  feveral  dtftant  and  large 
Meetings  in  his  own  County  ;  _  often  remembring 
his  abfent Friends  and  Children  •with  true  Aile6tion, 
and  manifeiting;  his  Care  for  their  trueft  Intereft  ; 
one  of  whom  he  writes  to  In  the  following  Manner^ 
— "  But  above  ail,  my  longing  is  for  thy  fpiritual 
Accefs,  and  Enl-.irgement  in  the  heavenly  Paftures, 
under  the  Leading  and  Putting- forth  of  the  one  hea 
venly  Shepherd,  which  I  ftilfhope,  as  well  as  often 
humbly  brcarhc  for  on  thy  Account,  being  well 
fatiJied  of  thy  fincere  Defires  ;  which  if  properly 
retained,  and  carefully  cheriflied  on  thy  Part,  I 
cannot  but  comfortably  hope,  heavenly  Help  will 
mercifully  regard  ;  fobe  it.  dmen.". 

And  in  another  Letter  to  the  fame,  dated  the 
2yth  of  the  Ten?  h  Month,  1 740,  he  has  the  folio  wing 
memorable  ExprefJions  : 

"  I  have  been  and  arn,  thro*  merciful  Favour 

?referved  in  ufual  Health,  and  attended  with  belt 
'eace  and  Comfort  in  our  heavenly  Father's  Good- 
refs ;  tho'  in  the  manifelt  Appearance  (as  I  have 
of ce n  looked  at  it  many  Months)  of  a  fevere  tbreat- 
nlng  time   rfDijlrefS)  in  divers  C»fest  to  this  Natun  ; 

and 


C    237    ) 

and  if  .we  be  not  quickened  and  excited  hereby  to 
Diligence,  in  feeking  to  lay  hold  of  eternal  Trea- 
ill  re,  the  Love  and  Favour  of  the  bleffed  infinite 
£lock  and  Fountain  of  all  Good,  wer^iali  be  more 
inexcufable  than  others  of  Mankind  who  know  not 
fo  well  and  clearly  where  and  how  to  feek  Hap- 
pinefs  and  Refuge  indeed  ;  which  I  often  inward-" 
ly  long  and  breathe  in  Spirit  v.  e  mar  lay  fuitably  to 
Heart.  But  after  this  little  Hint  of  what  is  much 
Kith  me,  I  flWl  take  Notice  of  feme  of  thy  Re 
marks  on  thy  late  Journey  (into  Holland  and  Get— 
many}  and  firlt  tell  thse,  thy  Account  of  thofe  Peo 
ple  called  jttenonijls,  and  MOWU'KWS  (as  I  fuppofe 
they  call  themfelves)  exa6£ly  agrees  with  my  fe~ 
cret  and  fettled  Idea  of  them  both  ;  for  I  believe 
both,  and  the  Latter  efpecialiy  have  had,  in  fome 
fyteafure,  their  Eyes  opened  ;  but  they  fet  Man 
to  work  to  form,  and  imitate  Religion,  and  to 
build  without  digging  properly  to  find  the  Rock  : 
Yet  many  from  their  pious  intentions  make  a  Shew 
for  a  Time,  and  fome  Good  may  turn  out  of  it : 
But  it  is'  a  Marrter  to  be  lamented  (as  1 1  jave  very  often 
(bought)  that  there  fhould  be,  as  it  were  an  um% 
verial  and  continued  Propensity  prevailing  amongft 
the  Germans  efpecialiy,  -to  run  away  with  Specula 
tion  ;  and  thereby  fo  many  valuable  Springings, 
and  Glimpfes-  of  the  heaven'y  Day,  fhould  have  yet 
brought  forth  or  produced  no  more  durable  Fruits, 
in  experiencing  Salvation  in  Reality.  But  it  ever 
•will  be  true,  No  following  Chrift  acceptably ,  without 
fatlomiiting  to  tie  Crofs  ;  which  hath  always  (eemed. 
to  me  to  be  the  Places,  at  which  that  Country- 
People  in  particular/ as.  almcft  all  Nations  in  ge 
neral,  have  miicarried. May  the  Plough  of  God 

take  more  effectual  hold  amonpil  them,  is  my 
Heart's  Defirc :  And  may  this  Confiderarion 
ftrengthen  thee  in  fearing  and  even  loathing  a  Sort 
9:f  living  and  delighting  in,  or  being  atJEafe  in 
H  h  barren 


C    238    ) 

% 

barren  Speculation,  even  of  beft  Things,  or  Prin 
ciples  ;  but  be  Hill  more  and  more  animated  to  feck 
daily  Bread  from  the  everlafting  Father's  own 
Hand,  who  will  hear  andanfwerin  due  Time. the 
Sincere  and  Patient,  tho*  hidden  Criers  for  it  ; 
and  thereby  fach  will  grow  in  the  living  Root,  and 
bear  Fruit  in  due  Scafon,  to  the  Father's  Praife 
and  Honour.  I  falnte  thee'  with  this  Breathing 
frefli  upon  my  Soul  for  thee,  which  hath  been'ofi 
ten  with  me,  when  by  m/  long  Silence  I  have 
feemcd  almoft  to  have  forgot  thee."-- 

In  the  latter  Part  of  the  Yeir  1741,  he  vi/ited 
Friends  in  fome  of  the  Northern,  Counties,  tra 
velling  through  the  Bifliopric  of  Durham,  and, 
fome  Parts  of  Northumberland,  from  thence  into 
Cumberland  and  ff'eflmoreland  ;  of  which  Journey,-, 
ail  the  Account  that  remains,  is  contained  in  the 
following  Letter  to  a  Relation,  wrote  foon  a  Peer 
his  Return,  dated  the  6th  of  the  Ninth  Month, 
1.741,  •&•«:. 

«  j  cannot  lofe  Mope,  nor  almoft  full  Ex-' 

pe&ation,  -but  that  the  divine  Power,  which  can. 
do  all  Things,  will  one  Time  or  other  mercifully 
Jielp  thee,  if  thou  labour  "ft  in  Watchfulnefs  and 
I?.atience  to  look  to  him  for  Salvation  in  true  Dili 
gence/  fmcere  Refignation, .  and  holy,  humble 
Truft;  and  that  he  will  refine  thro'  various  Man 
ners  of  Dealing,  and  diftrelling  DiCpenfations,  I.is 
belaved  Sons,  whomhevvould  make  chofen  Vef- 
fels  in  his  Houfc  :  And  wiih  fuch  an  Eye,  I  be-. 
lisve  he  hath  looked  upon,  thee,  fomewbat  like  as. 
npo:i  Jacob,  when  a  5tone  was  his  Pillow  ;  yet  the 
Cord  of  all  Power  and  Majefty  was  in  that  Place, 
tho  knew  it  not.  ,  And  io  Iiave  ic)mc  o- 

thers  been  made  Wimeifcrs,'  that  he  in  Merc/  and 
gracious  Gooancu-,  was  'even  working  in  and 
near  us,  when  ibinetimes  the  Heavens  feemed  like 

,  Brafs, 


C    239    ) 

Braft,  ard  the  Earth  like  Iron,  and  Fear  and  Sor 
row  Ibr rounded  :  Thus  he  hath,  and  will  winnow 
ard  refine,  and  will  (hew  that  noi  e  elfe  can  lave  ; 
and  yet  that  he  for  lakes  not  thofe,  who  would 
have  no  other  God  but  him,  the  ever-living  all- 
powerful  One,  everlaftingly  -worthy  to  have  all 
our  Hearts,  and  to  be  trnfted  in,  waited  for,  and 
praifcd  for  ever.  A  Meafure-bf  his  glorious 
Love  and  Mercy  covers  my  Heart  at  this  line, 
and  bows  my  Spirit  in  humble  Wcrfhip  to  hismcft 
worthy  Kame  :  But  I  cannot  exprefs  like  many  o- 
thers,  according  to  rry  Views,  ai.d  mull  therefore 
leave  what  I  have  hinted  for  thee  to  gather  the 
Subffance,  as  thou  art  capable.  1  am  as  well  in 
Health,  thro'  mere  ful  Support,  as  I  have  beeri 
inany  Years,  and  was  favoured  with  Help  from 
rhe  oeft  Hand  in  the  little  Journey  through  the 
Northern  Counties,  to  as  much' humbling  Glad- 
nefs  in  the  Lord,  as  I  have  almoft  ever  known  j 
tho'  we  met  with  feveral  afflicting  Cafes,  befidts 
the  common  Heavineft,  or  wantot  proper  Hunger, 
which  is  more  or  lets  almoft  a  general  Kurt.-— - 
I  laid  we,  above,  for  I  had  the  Opportunity  of  the 
good  Company  of  &ickael  Ligltfcot  moft  of  the 
Time."— - 

He  continued  at  home  during  the  Winter,  except 
attending  the  Quarterly-meeting  at  7orkt  which 
\vhen  abl,e,  and  not  engaged  in  other  Services,  he 
feldom  miffed  ;  but  Travelling  now  began  to  be  ve^ 
ry  difficult  and  painful  to  him,  from  a  conftant 
and  iharp  Stravfruaryi  the  too  freouent  Companion 
of  advancing  Years,  and  the  EtFect  of  an  unwea 
ried  Diligence  in  travelling. 

In  the  Spring  of  1742  he  found  himfelf  engaged  to 

pa^  a  Vifit  to  Friends  iii  Cxforajhire,  and  after  he  had 

<?ilchaiged  ihisSeivicc,  hecarreuponcemoreto'the 

2fearlv  -meeting  in  Lwdw,  w  hereinup  on  clivers  Occa.^ 

H  h  *  .Jfions 


C    246    ) 

fions,he  manifefted  the  fame  living,  holy  Zeal,  ureter 
t*">e  Cenducl:  of  heavenly  Wifaom,  for  the  Prof- 
perity  of  Truth  and  Righteoulhefs,  which  had 
often  been  confpicious  in  him  on  thefe  foiemn  Oc- 
cafions.  In  the  fame  Year  he  vifited  Friends  in 
Ireland  once  more :  This  Concern  had  long  re 
mained  upon  him,  as  he  exprefles  in  a  Letter, 
as  a  Debt  to  that  Nation :  He  left  no  farther  Ac 
count  of  this  Journey,  than  of  the  Places  where, 
and  the  Times  when  he  had  Meetings;  it  may 
however  be  remarked,'  that  even  at  this  Time  of 
Life,  and  under  great  bodily  Infirmity,  his  Care 
was  as  great  as  ever,  that  his  Miniftry  might  be  as 
little  burthemlbme  to  Friends  as  pofliblc ;  for  it 
appears  from  the  Account  he  kept,  that  he  was  at 
upwards  of  Sixty  Meetings  in  about  eleven  Weeks, 
and  travelled  in  the  fame  Space  of  Time  above  670 
Miles:  He  intended  to  have  communicated  to  a 
Friend  a  more  particular  Account  of  this  Vi/it, 
and  of  the  State  of  Friends  in  that  Kingdom,  but 
was  prevented  by  Ir.dilpofiton,  and  other  inter 
vening  Services.  The  following  PafTages  from 
ifome  Letters  wrote  in  this  Journey,  will  not  per- 
Jfraps  be  altogether  unacceptable. 

---  k<  My  Hands  and  Thoughts  (Jays  be  in  a  Letter 
to  a  Friend  foon  after  he  fit  out}  have  been  bufy  in 
Ravening  to  discharge  myle'f  of  this  Debt  to  Ire- 
land)  and  I  now  hope  for  a  Paifage  thither,  the  firil 
fuitable  Wird.  -I  am  but  in  a  low  and  heavy  State  of 
Mind,  and  fhould  be  very  doubtful  of  being  helped 
to  live  and  act  properly  ;  but  that  a  Grain  of  Faith 
is  prcferved  ;  which  hath  heretofore  often  ftaid  my 
Mind  in  patient  waiting,  till  merciful  Supply  of 
Food,  and  Ability  to  labour  again,  hath  been  ex 
perienced  from  the  all  lufficicnt  ard  orly  rightly 
relieving  Hand  ;  and  here  is  rr.)  Ctntej  in  reve 
rent  Tru  ft,  where,  as  we  eroavoui  lieucily  to 
,  duly  attending  fcr  fnfh  Keif  that  v,  e  r  z% 

be 


C 

fee  what  \ve  are,  thro'  the  Grace'  from  on  High,  I 
1  believe  we  fhall  not  be  neglected  or  forgotten  of 
the  all-knowing  Fountain  of  every  good  Thing." 


And  in  another  Letter  from  Dttllia^  to  one  of 
hi$  Sons  : 

—  "Thro*  merciful  Support,  I  am  as  well,  t 
thinkt    as     when   we  partel,    though    as  I  ride 
in  Pain,    more   or  lefs,  it  occafions    feme  Fear, 
but  doth  not   much  deject   me,  becaufe  hitherto  I 
have  been  helped  along  thro'  Difficulties,  in   the 
Father's  Drawings,  above  reafonable  Expectation  ; 
and  I  am  comfortably  encouraged  to  hope  in  that 
fupplying  Handinevery  Refpeci.-May'ftalfoknow, 
that  as  the  Time  I  had  thought  of  came  near,  I  be-> 
came  fo  loaded,  that  every  dome  ft  ic  Concern  was 
almoft  uneafy   to  me  :  I  came  by  Harrington  and 
Suttont  but  was  forced  to  flay  three  Days   at  Ckejler 
for  Wind  ;    I  had  a   good  and   eafy  P^fTage,  and 
eame   hither  on  Third  -day   Morning,  to  Part  of 
Friends  Meeting,  to  my  ownandiome  others  Com 
fort."  — 

.  He  (laid  here  till  after  Fir  ft-  day,  and  then  went 
towards  the  Southren  Parts,  and  to  Cork  in  about 
three  Weeks  ;  and  fo  to  H'ovntratla,  from  wheucs 
he  wrote  the  following  Account. 

—  **  I  have  keptclofely  llirring  along  and  much 
employed  to  anfwer  the  End  of  my  coming,  as   di 
ligently  and  honeftly  as  I  knew  how  ;  which  thro* 
continued  merciful  Help  and  renewed  Supply,  hath 
been  hitherto  as  well,  or  rather  better  borne  as  to 
the  Body,  as  well  as  in  the  chief  Refpect,  than  I 
dared  to  hope  for  :  And  I  am  thus  far  thankfully 
eafy  on  my  own  Part,  tho'  rhro"  deep  Labour,  and 
at  Times  much  Sorrow  ;  yet  I  am  glad  I  am  here,. 
becaufe  of  the  blefled  Favour  of  Help  to  pay  this 

,  Vim  ;  arid  alfo  in  that  I  am  fenfible  of  the  ftrong 

Ex- 


C    242    ) 

Jkxtendmgs  of  gracious  Regard  to  this  Nation,  and 
even  that  the  Dead  may  hear,  and  be  made  to  live . 
44  I  have  been  round  the  Southern  Parrs,  and  am 
now  near  the  Middle,  going  Northward;  and  hope; 
to  be  at  Dublin  at  the  Halt- year's  Meeting,  and  have 
feme  Expectation  that  I  may  be  clear  by  that  time 
to  return." 

And  foon  after  he  got  home,  he.  wrote  to  the 
famePerlon,  that  '  He  was  tha;  k'ully  cafy  forgra- 
*cious  Help,  thro'  his  late  Journey,  on  divers  Ac- 

*  count-. •'     And  ofreii  laid,  *  ii  was  like  removing1  a 

*  Weight  frm   his  Shoulders.' 

.  After  his  Re  urn,  he  continued  much  about  home, 
yifiting  the  neighbouring  General- meetings,  and 
attending  the  Quarterly  -meetings,  as  his  Health, 
which  daily  grew  more  precarious,  permitted. 
The  Winter  proving  very  inclement,  it  injured 
his  Hdaltft  ftill  more,  and  prevented  him  during 
great  Part  of  the  Spring  from  gcrirg  abroad  :  His 
Care  neverthele-ft  for  the  Profperity  of  Truth,  was 
as  frclh  as  ever,  his  own  inward  Strength  being 
gracioufly  rent-wed,  as  he  often  expreiled  with 
reverent  Tharikfulnefs  to  thofe  about  him,  as  well 
as  occafionally  to  his  abfent  Family  ;  for  whofe, 
Prefervation  and  Ir-crtafc  in  divine  Experience, 
and  fteady  patient  Pr<  grefs  in  the  Paths  of  Humili 
ty  and  Dependance,  his  Soul  was  often  moil  deeply 
engaged. 

In  the  Sixth  Month  of  this  Vear  he  attended  the 
General -meeting  at  Pkkeriw  in  the  County  of  York% 
to  which  he  got. with  fome  Difficulty  ;  but  as  he 
mentioned  in  a  Letter  wrote  in  his  Return  .home, 
he  was  foon  fatisfied  in  the  Meeting  in  himfelt  for 
the  Journey.  Thefe  Meetings  which  are  held 
once  a  Year,  are  commonly  very  large,  and  held 
in  an  open  Place,  to  which  fome  Thousands  of  the 
the  neighbouring  People  refort,  and' at  this  Time- 

many 


C    243    ) 

many  of  them  behaved  attentively,  tho'  it  I*  not  al 
ways,  that  fo  much  can  be  (kid  in  their  Behalf. 

He  continued  very  weak  curing  the  Winter  of 
1743,  going  but  little  abroad,  and  fcarce  being  a- 
ble  to  cotwerfe  much  wicli  Friends,  wrio  came 
to  fee  him  at  home,  without  feeling  great  Weakness 
afterwards,  but  his  Fervour  of  Minct  towards  the 
belt  Things  decayed  not,  nor  diminifii^d  in  the  lealt. 
About  this  Time  writing  to  a  Friend,  he  (ays, 

*  That  tho*  he  was  more  than  a  little  afflicted  in  Body, 

*  yet  he  was  not  forfukenof  the  ever'  iftirng  Helper.' 
And  fooA  after  to  the  fime,  iii  the  foii.jwing  lively 
and  affecting  Manner,  vfo. 

"  Tne  Chvif'tan  Affection  accompanying  thine, 
affords  me  more  Comfortable  Satisfaction  than  I 
qan  defcribe,  or  thou  can 'It  well  conceive  ;  bn  it  is 
to  be  confii-vTcd  as  the  merciful  Oi>eraiion  of  the 
all- knowing,  ail -good  and  WeflVd  Power,  bringing 
into  a  Capacity  of  more  helpful  Oneuefs  andS/rs- 
pathy  than  bare  Nature  can  do,  and  humbling! y 
ftrengthens  both  Fear  and  fiope  in  his  Arm  for 
Help  and  Prefervatio  I  ii  his  Way,  thro' what  is 
yet  before  us  here  :  In  a  renewed  Consideration^ 
and  a  Degree  of  the  Senfc  of  his  manifold  Mercies, 
and  Father! y  Regard  and  Succour  hitherto,  my 
Heart  worfhippeth  liis  Name,  and  greets  thee  ^i 
Love  and  living  Weil  wiming.*' 

During  this  Confinement  at  Home,  purfuart  to  a 
fecret  Inclination  of  his  own,  ftrengthocd  by  the 
Requeft  of  his  Children  and  divers  FricnxlSj,  when 
Health  and  Opportunity  permitted,  he  wrote  that 
Part  of  the  Journal  which  the  P^-ider  h^.s  been  ac 
quainted  was  finiflied  b/  himfelf,  and  coniinued  ad 
ding  to  it  by  litdeand  lime,  till  <vimiii  .1  !'Vvy  vVeeks 
before  his  Death,  Hi  got  with  Com 2  Di  ncaltJ  to 
t'>c  Quarcerly-nteetiog  .it  York,  and  was  enabled  to 
h^ai  LUC  F.iC'ga.*,  mi  I'vig  SL:iag  ia  tae  Meetings 
beyond  his  £,<pecluaaa,  as  h:  inti 
mated 


C    «44    ) 

mated  to  one  of  his  Sons,  in  a  Letter  wrote  foon  afr 
ter  ;  Pare  of  which  it  may  not  be  improper  here  to 
iafert,  as  it  is  another  Indication 'of  nis  deep  Grati 
tude  to  Hea/en,  and  the  holv  Awe,  which  accom- 
panied  him  in  all  Tilings.-"  Th\nt>fayf  &<?,  was  very 
acceptable,  being  accompanied  with  a  Reihli  of  re 
ligious  as  well  a<s  natural  Love  and  Nearnefs,  which 
both  comforts  at  prelent,  and  encreafeth  reverent 
Truft  in  and  Regard  to  the  almighty  Source  of  all 
our  Good  and  true  Help;  who  hath  hiddenly,  yer 
mercifull?  cared  for  us  miny  Ways,  and  requires 
our  Confideruiion  as  fuch,  in  order  to  encourage 
and  inlh-udfc,  in  humble  Confidence,  yet  witlv 
Watchful  iie  fs  towards  him,  that  he  may  be  our 
Shepherd,  thro1  Time,  and  his  glorious  Name  may 
be  renowned  here  and  forever.  Bear  with  me, 
dear  Sox,  in  thus  reaching  towards  thee  in  the  living 
Senfe  of  hi>  Mercy  ;  the  flaying  Comfort  whereof; 
is  highly  worthy  of  our  fecret  Notice,  and  fome- 
times  our  folid  Commemoration." 

In  the  Spring,  1744,  he  found  himfelf  engaged, 
tho*  very  weak  in  Body,  to  fee  Friends  once  more- 
ar  their  Yearly -meeting  in  London,  being  accompa 
nied  by  our  anticnt  Friend  B  of  mil  Mddleton,  from 
•whom  he  had  a  fingular  Efteem  :  Ke  came  by  Sbef- 
fold,  Jllansfeld,  Nottingham,  Leicefter,  and  Northamp 
ton;  at  which  Piaces  he  had  Meerings  with  Friends; 
to  Edification.  His  VVeaknefs  rendered  it  diijficult 
for  him  to  bear  the  large  Meetings  for  BuHnels, 
neverthelets  he  attended  them,  and  under  that  ex 
emplary,  reverent  watchful  Frame  of  Mind,  which 
rendered  hisCom^ny  truly  acceptable  aad  (ervice- 
able. 

He  returned  by  Nottirtfi'bam,  where  he  had  a  Meet 
ing  on  Fir.'J-day  with  Flicnds  to  his  Satisfaction, 
exprefling  ia  a  Letter,  that  '  Antient  holy 
'  Help  made  the  Vi/ii:  truly  eaang  to.  him.'  From 
hence  he  went  to  his  Monthly -meeting,  where; 

Friends 


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.Friends  were  glad  ro  fee  hint*  and  home  to  his  Fa* 
rnlly  at  Knaresborough)  to  which  Place  he  removed 
this  Samrrier. 

Having  refted  a  little  at  home,  he  attended  the 
MUfummer  Quarterly-meeting  at  York,  which 
in  a  Cetter  wrote  to  a. Friend  foon  after,  he  ob- 
ferves,  "  Was  large  of  friends,  as  well  as  many 
others  not  fo  called  ;  and  more  fatisfe&ory  and 
edifying,  than  fomcumes  at  this  Scafon,  the  Bufi- 
nefs  being  alfo- transited  in  a  very  amicable  Man 
ner  ;  and  concludes,  Tho'  rny  Sec mach  will  take  but 
little  Foodj  nor  always  keep  that  Little,  which: 
weakens  the  Body  much  ;  yet  I  think,  my  better 
l"«rt  is  almolt  uncommonly  fupplied  in  divers  Re- 
fpe6ts,  much  to  my  Comfort,  and  reviving  of  ray? 
Faith  in  the  heavenly  Influence,  which  is  Strength 
i-n  Weakness,  and  will  be,  where  his  only  worthy 
Name  hath  the  Praiie."  . 

About  this  Time   it  came  before    him   to  vifa 
Friends  towards  Brf/lol  ;  and  the  circular  Yearly- 
meeting  at  Worcefter  was  particularly   in  his  Vie\\> 
towards  which  Places  he  fee  out  in  the  Sixth  Month 
bv   way   of  dfarfden-lieight)  and  from  thence  into. 
Chefliirej  \vhere  he  vifi'.ed  fcveral  Meetings,  where- 
ill  as  he  writes  to  a  Friend,  ^ruth  helped  and Jlrenvth* 
wed  him  to  pay  fome  Dfbt,  to  his  conjjortabh  Eaje :  From 
hrnce  he  came  to  Sbrewsbffiy,  where  he  had  two 
Meetings,  and  then  paflcd  into  IJeref-ordjl}iret  whcret 
he  vifited  Friends  pretty  generally  ;  and  conclude? 
with  obferving,  "That  tho'  in  this  Journey  his  na 
tural. State  was  but  feeble,  and  attended  with  divers 
Difficulties,  yet  he  was  not  doubtful  but  he  Jhould 
be  alFiiVd,  in  Mercy  and  Favour,  to  difcharge  him-r 
felf  of  the  Dent  which  had  fcemed  to  grow  and  re- 
irnin  upon  him,  the  Vv'ay  he  was  going,  to  fuch  a 
Degree,  as  to  return  into  holy   Quiet:  And,  Jays 
fie,    I  ask  no   Quefti.ons  farther,    but  to  be  helped 
to  live  to  the  ever-living  Being,  the  little  Time  he 
I  i 


C    246    ) 

may  fuffer    me    to  continue    on    this     Side    cf 
the  Grave."     He  was    enabled  to   reach 


Yearly-meeting,    and    therein  to    bear    a  noble 
Chrilhan  Teftimony  to  the  Ail-lufficiency  of  that 


Degree, 

ail  the  Children  of  Men.  From  hence  he  went  to 
Brifiol  and  Bath,  vil.iting  the  Meetings  of  Friends 
in  and  near  thefc  Places,  and  was  helped  to  labour 
faithfully,  and  in  much  Plainnefs  among  them,  to 
his  own  great  Relief  and  humbling  Comfort,  as  he 
often  exprefled  in  his  Letters  on  this  Journey. 

HclctiJBatb  the  Beginning  of  the  Eighth  Month, 
and  travelled  home  wards  by  eafy  Journeys,  having 
Meetings  with  Friends  as  Opportunity  ottered.  Ke 
got  home  by  the  End  of  the  Month,  but  in  great! 
Weakneis,  the  Weather,  having  proved  unufually 
wet  and  cold,,  had  gr.e;»tl-y  a&.ctcd  him  ;  fo  that 
after  his  Return  he  feldom  got  abroad,  but  con 
tinued  vifibly  declining  (and  not  unperceived  .to 
liimfelf)  during  .feycrul  Weeks,  fometiines  with 
iliort  Intervals  of  Eafe  ;  in  one  of  which  he  wrote> 
"^rhat  he  thought  himfelflbmcw  hat  better,  and  that 
he  might  put  on  lome  Time  longer,  and  with  leis 
Milery  than  he  had  endured  the  laft  two  Years  : 
yet,  fays  he,  I  may  be  milUken,  as  my  Recovery 
Is  fo  flow,  that  in  a  Week  it  is  (carcely  advanced 
perceptibly.1'  And  then  concludes,  "As  I  have  no 
£)spendance  on  human  Afliihince  bur  from  thee» 
nor  any  Correfpondence  which  affords  me  like 
Comfort  and  Satisfaction,  I  muit  beg  thy  frequent 
Remembrance,  and  to  hear  from  thee  as  oftanami 
freely  as  Leii u re  will  permit  ;  and  be  allured,  my 
hearty  careful  Defiresfor  thee,ineyer/  true  Good, 
not  only  is  enlivened  by  the  ftrong  Ties  of  Nature 
and  Affection,  but  are  more  rtvited  ar>d  ftrength-. 
ned,  by  many  a  gruciuu^  Spring  of  living  Good,-' 


c   247   ) 

r«f«,  from  tn?  Almighty  Helper  of  his  P^nple 
who  hiv^  trufted  i'i  him  and  feared  him.  Tims, 
'dear  Son t  farewel,  fare  ir el,  faith  thy 

father, 


With  thefe  afFccYng  ExprefTions  ended  a  Corre- 
fpondance,  which  afforded  tho  ftrongeft  Satisfac 
tion  that  any  Thing  in  this  Life  could  yield  :  The 
Letter  was  dated  the  ijrh  of  the  Tenth  Month, 
from  which  Time  he  gradually  declined  till  the 
1 3th  of  the  Eleventh  Month  following,  when  he 
peaceably  expired  ;  leaving  to  his  Family  and 
Friends  the  comfortable  AiTarance  of  his  being  gone 
before,  to  enjoy  that  unmixed  Happinefs  which  is 
the  Portion  of  thofc  who  prefer  a  conscientious 
Difcharge  of  Duty  to  God,  their  Families,  and  the 
World,  though  attended  with  Labour,  antious  Care 
and  Solicitude  ;  to  all  the  falfe,  tho'  gilded  Purfuits 
which  the  Spirit  of  Deception  throws  in  the  Way 
of  Mortals. 

What  happened  in  this  Interval  was  communi 
cated  in  a  Letter,  foon  afcer  his  Deceafe,  by  a 
Perfon  who  attended  him  Night  and  Day,  witH 
the  Diligence  that  filial  Daty,  and  a  juft  Senfe  ot 
his  Worth  required,  viz. 

—  "  From  the  Time  he  left  Batk  he  felt  himfelf 
gradually  declining,  and  was  very  much  indifpofed" 
when  he  got  home  ;  this  he  attributed  to  the  Cold- 
nefs  of  the  Weather,  and  expected,  a  little  reft 
and  Warmth  might  tend  to  his  Recovery  ;  but  lie 
fcnfilby  declined  ever  after  he  got  home,  and  more 
than  he  feemed  to  be  a/, are  of.  --- 

44  He  got  to  Meetings  <iuring  ibme  Weeks  after 
his  Return,  and  his  Teftimony  was  as'  lively  andf. 
powerful  as  ever  :  He  was  confined'  within  Doors 
about  Six  or  Seven  Weeks,  and  while  he  could  bear 
to  fie  fo  long,  the  Week-day  Meetings  were  kcpc 
I  i  2  in 


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In  his  tJoufe.— In  the  U'ft  Four  or  Five  Weeks  his 
old  Complaint,  which  had  at  times  affli&sd  him  e>;- 
trcamiv,  abated  very  much,  arid  lie  could  fit  or 
lie  four  or  five  Hours  without  making  Water,  and 
this  without  much  Pain. --He  feveral  times  expref- 
ied  his  Satisfaction  and  inward  Peace,  in  having 
performed  in  hislafr  Journey,  fayirg,  Hh  Shoulders 
were  iicccd  detl  lightened  by  it ;  and  was  reconciled  to  his 
Grrtve>  if  be  was  now  to  Is  taken  away  ;  but  foouid  in- 
dins  to  write  fomstbing  more  (by  way  of  Journal)  if 
iJ:e  IfCrJfaw  meet  to  raife  kirn  owe  wove.  I  was  very 
attentive  to  his  Conversion,  being  never  from  him, 
but  vy-ben  I  could  not  avoid  it :  When  almcft  all 
other 'E-xpreilions  failed,  he  wasobierved  to  repeat 
the  fellow  ing,  in  a  very  fervent  and  emphatic 
Manner,  via.  Heavenly  Goodnefs  is  near,  f-Jeai-en/y' 
Goodnrfs  is  war  ;  thus  acknowledging  to  the  lalt  a 
genie  of  the  Lord's  Prefence .  The  two  laft  Weeks 
he  ileptalmoll  continually,  Day  and  Night,  his  Me-, 
mcry  and  Capacity  being  very  much  impaiied  :  He 
vas  quite  in  a  State  of  Mildnefs,  and  the  Innocency  ; 
of  a  Child  ;  and  tho'  ic  was  Ltisfactory  to  fee  fo 
much  Swcetneft  about  him,  yet  ic  was  at  the  fame 
t:mi  affiicling  to  obferve  his  Strength  and  Faculties 
exhaufted  :  'Twas  the  only  Sadsfa6tion  I  could  then 
enjoy  to  do  every  Thir.g  in  my  Power  to  one  of  the 
bell  of  Parents,  and  ihe  wonhieft  of  Men,  tho* 
j5.mct;mes  the  moil  cutting  Affliction  I  ever  felt,  to' 
fee  himlanguifliing,  aiui  ar  tiu  lame  Time,  not  able  to 
exprefs  his  Wants:  The  D;iy  preceeding  his  Deceafe 
he  was  reltleis  and  uneafy,  but  ac  laii  expired  very- 
quietly,  without  Siah  (,r  Groan,  about  Ten  in  the 
F.arenoon  on  the  Kiril  day,  and  was  buried  on  the 
Third  iuy  following:  We  were  favoured  .wLh  tr.e 
Conipany  cT  fevcral  wortiiy  Frier.us  from  divers 
•  i  on  this  OjCai'.oii,  and  i/i-.teed  the  Time  was. 
iiiierrn,  and 'by  i7;me  never  co  be  forgoc ;  ieveral 
lively  TcHiraonic-ii  being  delivered,  botii  onTi-utti's 

Accouuc, 


C     M9     ) 

Account,  and  to  the  Memory  of  fo  \vorthy  a  Man, 
who  is  gonejfrom  a  Series  of  Pain  and  Excrcilesj 

to  receive  the  P.eward  of  his  faithful  Labours. 

A.  F." 

Tho'  the  following  Letters,  are  without  Dare  or 
Superfcription,  yet  as  they  may  pofLbly  fail  inio 
Hands  to  whom  they  may  be  of  Ufe,  it  was  thought 
proper  to  infer.c  them  :  In  giving  Admonitions  of 
this  Kind,  he  was  always  efpeciaily  careful,  net  to 
divulge  to  any  the  Errors  or  Faults  he  laboured  to 
amend. 

The  Fir  [I  feems  to  be  wrote  to  the  Friends  of  a 
particular  County,  bur  as  no  dddrefs  remains,  it  is 
left  to  thofe  who  are  concerned  to  profit  by  it  : 
It  teems  by  the  Hand  not  to  have  been  written 
long  before  his  Dec-safe. 

^  ^    DFAR  FRIENDS, 

TOEING  often  brought  under  fome  nearly 
Jn)  atfe&ing  Confederations,  refpeding  the 
State  ot' the  Church  in  your  County,  it  hath  ap 
peared  to  me,  there  are  three  Ihinps  which  are 
^articular  Hindrances  to  the  Prosperity  of  Friends 
in  the  Life  and  Subflance  of  true  Religion  ;  which 
I  am  ftirrcd  up  to  -put  yon  in  Mind  of  with  tender 
and  brotherly  Caution  .  The  fir  ft  is  an  inordinate 
Purfuit  of  the  Riches  and  Erjoymevts  of  this  lfrrorld \' 
another,  the  want  of  kowft  Care  and  Zeal  to  keep 
clear  oft  and jl and  i.-p  agfthw  that  vile  Pratticc  of  clan- 
defme  trading,  which  is  indeed  but  one  £iFect  of 
the  Cauie  already  mentioned  ;  another  Thing  is, 
ijt; ant  of  due  Care  in  nil  ibofe  ivlo  are  active  and  con 
cerned  in  maiixgir.?  tie  jiffairs  of  tke  Church^  to  be 
fuch  as  truly  fear  God,  and  hale  Coyptwfspfs  ;  and  jucb 
as  feel  reverently  fitter  heavenly  Help  to  &£f  and  jn'riee 
'.j  Lord)  and ^t  for  Man.  Wherefore,  as  I  look 
due  and  right  Concern  u.pcn  Friends  in  this 

He- 


C 

Rcfpeffc,  to  be  greatly  conducive  to  the  Churches 
Good,  its  Peace  and  building  up  in  the  holy  Faitn  ; 
i:  is  frefli  and  tenderly  in  my  Mind  to  inrrcat  yohi 
all,  carefully  to  confider,  that  the  wife  Mans  Lye 
is  in  bis  Head  :  And  it  is  an  everlafttng  Certainty, 
that  the  right  Wifdom  that  enables  any  to  a£t  fcr 
the  true  Good  of  the  Church  of  Chril),  muft  lie 
received  from  Ckrifi  the  £>«'£,  ard  tJr  Hdid  of  tie 
Clunk:  And  whoever'  fee  Us  to  be  ordered,  and  to 
act  in  it,  will  always  feek  God's"  Glory,  and  the 
Suppreifion  of  every  Thing  that  is  contrary  to  it, 
and  without  Refpeft  of  Perfons ;  and  alfo  to 
valkas  Eni'implcs  to  the  Flock  in  the  Practice  of 
GodlineO,  af/d  Chifthn  Self-denial.  And  to  be 
thus  ht.1  ped,  the  Renewing  ot  the  Holy  Gholf, 
the  only  true  Helper,  is  .absolutely  neceffary  to  be 
cartfuliy  waited  for  ;  and  thus  would  Mens  Hearts 
and  Minds  be  looftned  from  the  captivating  Fet 
ters  and  Bias  of  the  Earth,'  and  fo  be  rendered 
bright  Examples  to  ore  another,  Shewing  forth 
the  Effects  of  true  Fear  towards  God,  in  ftiunni.jg 
every  eviS  Way  :  And  fo  would  that  bafe  Part  of 
Robbery  be  avoided  \vivh  juft  Care,  and  teflified  a- 
gainft  to  the  Honour  of  the  righteous  Principle  o^ 
Truth,  and  the  true  Peace  ard  Traiiquility  of 
Soul  to  fuch  as  obferve  ic  be  cilablifhed.  Thus 
would  Friends  in  that  County  profper  in  the  fa- 
ving  Knowledge  <>f  Chrift  abundantly  more,  and 
become  more  fruitful  in  Righteoufuefs,  and  more 
true  Way-marks  to  the 'many  Enquirers  for  the 
Way  of  SilvMtion  amonp;ll  you;  the  Love  and 
Peace  of  God  would  more  ^!cntifu)ly  abound  in  you 
iecrcrly,  and  unite  you  as,  profeifod  Children  cf 
one  Father,  which  tny  Sou  I  reverently  and  fer- 
vej;t)y  begs  before  tlie  Lord  our  God,  may  be? 
come  your  joyful  Experience,  in  an  abundant  Man 
ner  ;  fo  will  you  fircv/cl  indeed,  to  the  Glory  ard 

Hoi;  our 


C 

Honour  of  the  divine  Name,  which  is   wiorihy  ' 
worthy,  for  evermore. 

J.     F." 

A  Copy  cf  a    Letter  to  a  Friend  in  the   Ml- 
niftry. 
w       MY  FRIEND, 

(PjOME  Days  ago,  as  I  was  riding  alone,  thou 
^_j  watt  fiuMcnly  brought  to  my  Remembrance, 
and  divers  Con fide radons  refpefting  thee  eiifued, 
in  true  Care  for  thee,  for  thy  Safety  and  Comforr, 
and  for  the  Good  of  the  Caufe  of  Truth  ;  whicli 
Con  fide  rat  ions  have  made  iuch  Impreinon  on  my 
Mhi^,  as  to  prevail  upon  me  to  commit  them  tc* 
Writing;.  I  <]ueltion  not  but  the  Love  and  Power 
of  Truth  hath  had  a  good  Degree  of  Prevalence 
In  thy  Mind  for  Regei .erauon,  and  hath  begotten 
Love  to  the  Lord's  Work  in  rhe  Earth,  and  fomer 
Engagement  at  Times  to  be  adtiye  therein.  Notv; 
a  fure  Way  to  grow  right,  is  to  have  a  true  and 
watchful  Care,  to  feel  and  know  certainly  the  fir  ft 
Work,  Regtxerattot,  to  be  duly  carried  on,  to  ber 
cYitcifeA  'with  C'hrfft  ;  arwi  fo  pure  Love  to  Truth 
itfelf  will  grow  predominant,  and  other  Loves  he 
buried.  Then  a  thorough  Care  to  attend  with  Pa 
tience  for  certain,  and  intelligible  Requirings,  and 
heavenly  Help,  upon  every  Occaiion  of  acting  foir 
Truth ;  thro'  which  humble  Care,  the  divine  Hand 
fillet h  VeiTels  more  and  more  >vith  Food,  with 
Light  and  Affillance  to  a<Tt  According  to  his  Plea- 
tire,  to  his  Honour,  and  the  Edification  of  the 
People  in  their  feveral  Stations,  amongft  whom  we 
Converfe  or  labour. 

•'  The  farther  Counfel  which  arofe,  and  is  with 
me  (not  from  any  Uncafinefs  on  any  particular 
Account,  but  for  thy  right  Help)  is,  labour  inno 
cently  i'j  ie  ar.dto  do  what  Grace  would  make  tkee%  and 
',  and  fee  content  \vithits  Wages ;  for 

i; 


it  gives  or  rnakb  Way  for,  as  much  Regard  and 
Freedom  froni  Men,  as  is  meet  for  us.  Have  a 
xC.ire  of /Co  w«c7?  talking  &r.d  Cwjemfaicn ;  fo  we  may 
better  remember,  that  no  locon/iftcncy  be  obler- 
ved  in  it,  and  there  rrv-ry  be  lefs  OccJiyn  or  Room 
for  finking  into  unprofitable  Drooping  or  Refer- 
vednefs.  I  know  ic  is  alfo  rather  profitable,  to  be 
moderately  concerned  about  feme  'cm^oral  Affairs, 
with  inward  Fear,  till  we  become  aflared  of  a  di- 
ftin&  Requiring  to  leave  it. 

J-  F. 

We  fhaii  conclude  this  Account  of  the  Labours 
and  Services  of  our  dear  and  honoured  FATHKR, 
with  fome  Teftiraonies  concerning  him  :  The  firft 
is  tak^n  from  rhc  Account  given  to  the  Quarterly- 
meeting  of  Tor/?,  by  the  Monthly-meetings  of 
Richmond  and  Kttanstxtrowrb,  to  which  he  fuccei- 
fively  belonged;  the  Purport  whereof  is  as  follows: 

THAT  though  he  was  born  of  religious  Pa 
rents,  and  religiouily  educated,  'yet  he  was 
maae  fenfible  in  his  early  Years,  that  neither  Trar 
dition,  outward  Regularity,  nor  any  Thing  fhort 
of  real  inward  Purification  of  Soul  and  Spirit, 
would  render  him  acceptable  in  the  Sight  of  the 
Lord;  he  therefore  gave  up  his  Heart  to  him, 
TV  ho  thro'  the.  effectual  Operation  of  his  divine 
Grace,  baptized  and  gradu-ttly  purified  his  Spirit, 
and  prepared  and  fitted  hi-n  to  be  an  ufehii  Inftru- 
jnent  in  God's  Hand,  and  an  able  Miriifter  of  the 
Gofpel  of  Peace  and  Salvation;  to  which  Service 
lie  was  called,  when  but  young,  and  readily  gave 
up,  not  fuffering  the  Things  ot  this  World  to  take 
up  his  Mind  and  Time,  but  laboured  diligently  and 
faithfully  therein  from  his  young  Years,  to  the 
Conciufion  of  his  Days. 

And 


C 

i  ^d  as  by  the  bleflcd  Teachings  oFthe  holy  Spt* 
rit,  he  grew  in  Experience,  both  in  the  MyfK-rie« 
of  the  heavenly  Kingdom,  as  alfo  of  the  Work 
ings,  of  Satan  in  Oppofiuan  thereto  ;  fo  he  was  qua 
lified,  and  often-,  had.  to  detect  his  Snares,  and  to 
point!  out  the  Way  that  leads  fafely  to  eternal  Reft  ; 
/which  he  did  with  an  holy  Zeal  and  Fervour,  be 
coming  one  wno  had  a  de.ep  Senfe^  of  the  great 
.Value  of  Souls,  and  the  Dtngers  $fey.  are  eavi- 
xoned  with  in  this  State  of  Probation,  and  of  the 
awful  Mijcfty  of  the  divine  Being. 

He  travelled  much  in  this  Nation  in  the  Service* 
of  the  Gofpel,  in  Scotland  ,\  ike  wife,  and  Wales: 
He  .vifited  Ireland  feveral  Times,  and  turice  he 
eroded  the  Seas  to  j4mericay  in.  the  fame  Service,  to 
the  Comfort  and  Edification  of  the  Church,  lea 
ving  Seals  ot  his  Miniftry  in  many  Places. ---He  had 
always  a  Regard  to  the  well  approved  Practice  o£ 
duly  acquainting  his  Friends,  and  having  their  U- 
nity  and  Approbation  ;  and  was  careful  to  perform 
the  Service  required,  with  as  much  Expedition  as 
pofiible,  choofing  rather  to  fuffer  Hardships,  than, 
to  lofe  Time,  or  be  burthenfome  to  Friends,  even 
in  the  latter  Part  of  bis  Life>  when  Joe  was  attended 
•with  great  bodily  jijfti&ions.  , 

His  Teftimony  was  awakening,  found  and  edify 
ing,  delivered  in  the  Demonftration  of  divine  Au 
thority  ;  for  he  handled  not  the  Word  depeitfully^ 
nor  endeavoured  to  plcaTe  irching  Ears;  but  as  he 
waited  to  be  endued  with  Wifdora  and  Power  from 
on  high,  fo  he  was  enabled  to  fpeak  home  to  tae 
Conditions  of  the  People  :  For  he  who  cut  Rahab» 
and  wounde  d  the  Dragon,  put  a  foarp  Sword  into  bis 
Hand  aeawft  lypccrify  and  l*/ick.ectnefs>  and  agatnfi 
fuch  as  held  the  ffrttth  in  Unrighteottfnefs  ;  yet  to  the 
Afflicted  and  thofe  wiio  were  travelling  toward  Zaon^ 
he  had  often  to  adnaiiiifter  both  fuitable  Advice  and 
Confolation. 

Kk  He 


He  was  zcaloufly  concerned  for  good  Order  and 
the  Difcipline  of  the  Church,  and  was  remarkably 
qualified  for  the  Management  of  its  Affiii  s,  being 
of  quick  Apprehenfion,  an  extenfivc  Capacity  and 
deep  Judgment ;  and  could  exprefs  himfelf  aptly, 
copioufly  andftrongly  ;  and  as  he  diligently  attended 
both  Monthly,  Quarterly,  Yearly,  and  General- 
meetings,  fo  he  was  of  very  pecuiiir  Service  in 
them,  approving  himfelf  a  wife  and  able  Counfei- 
lor,  faithful  and  jult  to  God  and  Man.— - 

fjis  Converfation  was  exemplary  ;  bewg  hum- 
ble,  fteady  and  fincere,  doing  the  Work  or  an  E- 
yangelift,  and  -.viking  full  Proof  of  his  M;-.'!:ry>, 
in  Pat  if  me-.  ^eaifem-Kce^  Vigilance,  and  Fortitude, 
enduring  Afflictions  and  ufing  even  the  Necclldj  ie$ 
.of  Life  with  Moderation.  .  He  was  kind  and  af- 
iiftiug  to  his  Friends,  pleafant  and  helpful  to  his 
Neighbours,  .skilful  and  induftrious  in  managiijg 
his  temporal  Affairs  for  the  Benefit  of  his  Family, 
over  whom  he  had  a  true  paternal  Care:  Hei .-.<r  4, 
loving  Husband,  an  affectionate  Father,  as  kvtii 
.as  a  faithful  Friend,  and  2  living  Minifter,  and  ac 
ceptable  to  all  Sorts  of  People 

He  departed  this  Life  at  Knaresborough  in  Torkjhire9 
the  i3th  ot  the  Eleventh  Month,  1744,  and  was  ho 
nourably  buried  in  Friends  Burying  ground  at 
Scotten  near  the  fatd  Town,  the  i5th  of  the  fame 
Month,-  aged  69  Years,  having  been  a  Minilter 
near  50  Years. 

The  clofe  and  affectionate  Friendfhip  that  had 
fubfifted  between  him  and  our  worthy  Friend  John 
Haywardy  during  great  Part  of  their  Lives,  has 
engaged  the  latter  to  give  the  following  Teltimony 
to  his  Memory. 


C 

rjt.     *TeftimoMy   concerning  ouv  dear  Friend    J  0  fl  H" 
,•>  FOTHEB.GILL. 

A   S  the  Memory  of  good  Men  fliould  Iive9 
jfj^,  we  find  ourfelves  fomcrimcs  engaged  to 
hana  aown  to  Pofterity  our  Knowledge  of  them. 
And  I  have  to  fay  concerning  our  deceafeo  Friend, 
that  in  his  public  Miniftry    he   was  a  Strength  and 
Corr.iort  towy  Soul  in  my  early   Days,  as   well  as  at 
nuany  Ttme.v  /ince ;  and  I  doubt  not  but  chat  many 
others  have  the  fame  Tefhmony  in  'themiclves   to 
give  concerning  him.     And  my  Judgment  is,  that 
he  was  a  living  MirJfier,   a  Man  fhunning  Ap- 
plauie,    and  always  endeavouring  to  keep  down 
Self  in  all  its  Appearances ;  an  inward  Seeker  after 
divine  Manifeftation,  a  conftant  Reprover  of  for 
ward  Spirits,  bat  a  true  Helper  of  the  Faithful  and 
Sincere,  however  weak  or  fearful.     A  Man  of  a  • 
ilrong  and  clear  Judgment,  both  in  fpiritual   and 
temporal  Affairs,  fteady  in   his  own  Conduct,  as 
well  as  in  the  Difcipline  of  the  Church  ;    zealous 
in  maintaining  the  Chriftian  Teftimonies  profeft  by 
us,  and  ipidulirious  in  his  outward  Affairs,  when 
not  engaged  in  the  Service  of  the  Gofpel  :  And  I 
doubt  not  in  the  leaft,  but  that  he  is  gone  to  ever- 
la/tine  Reft, 

JOHN  HAYWARD." 

The  Perufal  of  the  preceeding  Sheets  will  doubt- 
lefs  inform  the  intelligent  Reader  what  Manner  of 
Perfon  he  was,  whole  Aiemoirs  they  contain,  and 
render  any  additional  Teftimony  the  lefs  needful. 
His  Children  neverthelefs  find  themfelves  enga 
ged,  in  Juftice  to  the  Memory  of  fo  worthy  a  Pa 
rent  to  mention : 

^^TT^HAT  it  is  well  remembered  by  feveral  of 

JL     them,  with  what  Eearneftnefs  he  endea- 

Tourea  in  the  yearning  of  Companion,  to  imprefs 

K  k  2  upon 


C    256    ) 

upon  their  tender  Minds,  a  Regard  to  the  divine 
Witnefs  in  their  own  Breafts,  often  gathering 
tfiem  about  him,  placing  forne  upon  his  Knees,  ihe 
reft  (landing  before  him,  \vhiift  he  miniftred  Coun- 
fel  to  them,  according  to  their  Capacities,  the 
Tears  defending  from  his  Eyes:  Which  Scafons 
have  often  been  revived  in  fome  of  their  Remem 
brance,  on  various  Occafions  to  their  Profit. 

And  as  he  had  no  greater  Joy  than  that  his 
ld  walk  in  the  7ruiht  Jo  it  was  his  Care 
to  be  exemplary  to  them  therein,  in  all  Plainnefsy 
temperance  and  Godlinefs,  encouraging  every  Ap 
pearance  of  Good,  difcouraging  the  contrary, 
and  admoniming  and  retraining,  as  Occasion  re 
quired  ;  watching  over  their  tender  Years  with 
true  paiernal  Care  and  Solicitude  for  their  prefent 
"Welfare  and  future  Happinefs  to  the  utmofl  of  his, 
Power. 

:  "  As  he  thus  difcharged  his  Daty  towards  them, 
fteadily  and  faithfully,  fo  his  Condudt  reached  the, 
Witnefs  in  their  Minds,  and  convinced  them  early,; 
that  Nothing  coufd  fo  effedtually  endear  them  to 
him,  nor  entitle  them  to  his  peculiar  Regard,  as  a 
ftrici:  Conformity  to  his  Precepts  and  Example^ 
not  qnly  in  refpedt  to.  Piainnefs  and  Sobrety,  but 
alfo  in  coming  up  in  a  truly  religious  Life 
and  Converfation  :  And  that  his  impartial  Regard 
to  Truth  in  the  inward  Parts,  would  lead  him  tq. 
treat  thofe  who  fuftered  themfelves  to  be  miiled  by 
the  Decdveablenefs  of  I  fnri^hteoufnefs,  with 
Difregard  3nd  juft  Rreproof  :  SQ  xhat  they  have 
h/'d  at  Times  to  acknowledge  with  Gratitude  to 
the  M"tt  Hi:h,  the  Happinefs  of  their  Lot,  inaf» 
much  as  a  diiiv-ent  Application  of  heart  to  feek  and 
fear  the  Lo  d,  whom  he  fervcd  continually,  was 
the  fure  W.iy  to  a  beloved  Father's  Affection. 

"  A -'dtho' his  principal  Endeavours  were,   that 
his  OiLpri,ig  might  be  made  Partakers  of  that  BleP- 

fing 


(       2*7      3 

fing  which  makes  truly  rich,  the  PcrTerTion  of 
Truth  in  themfclves,  as  the  mcft  excellent  Inner  i-'' 
fence  ;  yet  he  was  not:  unmindful  of  their  temporal 
Good,  but  provided  for  f hem  liberally,  according 
to  his  Circumftances,  placing  them  in  fuch  Stations 
in  Life,  wherein  by  Ir.duftry  and  Care,  they 
might  be  rendered  eafy  to  themfelves,  and  ufeful 
to  others. 

"  And  thos  for  a  Time  he  had  nor  the  Satisfaction 
to  fee  the  Travel  of  his  Soul  for  all  his  Children  ful 
ly  anfwered,  and  no  fmall  Affliction  attended  him 
on  that  Account,  yet  he  faithfully  laboured  in 
Bowels  of  Companion,  and  paternal  Tender  nefs, 
for  the  Help  and  Recovery  of  fuch  of  his  Fu.rJly, 
from  whofe  Conduct  his  Anxiety  arofe ;  endea 
vouring  by  the  moft  pathetic  Application  to  awake 
to  a  Change  and  Reformation  of  Heart ;  feeking 
by  Intreaties,  by  Reproof,  bv  Tears,  and  eve*/ 
Method  a  Heart  replenished  with  divine  and  fatherly 
Affection  could  fug  ^eft,  the  Recovery  of  fuch  as. 
fead  ftrayed  from  the  Father's  Fold.  A  tier  a 
Series  of  painful  Labour,  ineffectually  beftowed^ 
lie  was  enabled  to  caft  his  Care  upon  the  Lord,  who 
releafedhis  burdened  Soul  from  the  Weight  he  had 
long  borne  ;  and  we  doubt  not  heard  and  be 
held  his  ftrong  Cries,  h«  Tears,  and  humble  Inter- 
ceflions,  and  anfwered  beyond  his  Expectation,  re 
newing  his  Visitation  to  them  afrejli,  and  by  his 
mighty  Hand  brought  into  a  State  of  Acceptance. 

"  This,  the/  think  it  their  Daty  to  acknowledge, 
in  order  to  ftir  up  other  Parents  to  the  like  Care  fo 
to  live  as  to  anfwer  the  Witnefs  of  God  in  their 
Children,  and  having  their  own  Minds  feafoned 
•with  the  Saviour  of  the  Gofpel,  they  may  fay  in 
Word  and  Deed,  Follow  me.  as  I  follow  Chriif  :  And 
fnould  their  Offspring  turn  afide  from  the  Way  of 
Fnrity,  thefeParents  will  be  helpedtolabour  for  the 
Recovery  of  their  Children ;  and  if  not  fuccefsfully^ 
^;  \  '  yet 


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yet  it  w\l\  be  to  their  own  Eafe,  in  a  holy  Confciouf- 
nefs  oPDtfcharge  of  Duty . 

"  In  ail  the  Stations  of  Life  his  Teftimony  was 
confirmed  and  embeliifhed  by  a  Conduct  becoming 
a  Minifter  of  Chrift,;  whom  he  ferved  faithfully, 
and  with  great  Diligence^  and  by  a  daily  inward 
dwelling  with  the  Spring  of  Wifdom,  and  Light,  his 
Mind  was  often  opened,  and  his  Spirit  fufiained,  to 
fecret  Worfhip.  When  his  Hand  was  upon, his 
Labour,  his  Delight  was  in  the  Law  of  his  God  to 
meditate  therein  Day  and  Night,  am!  to  talk  of  his 
Statutes,  in  his  Houfe  to  his  Family,  and  thole  with 
•whom  he  converted;  and  many  Times,  by  a  Tran- 
fition  from  earthly  to  heavenly  Things,  inflrudfced 
and  edify ed  the  Minds  of  thofe  prcfent. 

"  InhispublicTeftimony  awful  and  weighty,  being 
endued  with  true  Wifdom,   /Irong  and  immovably  ; 
bent  ag-.unft  all  Unrighteoufncfs,  quirk  in  difcerning 
and  powerful  in  detecting   the  Myfteries  ofAnti-. 
chrift,  who  has  fought  to  ftupify  the  People   with 
the  golden  Cup,  and  thereby  to  fpread  the  Power, 
and  enlarge  the  Borders  of  the  Kingdom  of  Death.  . 
As  a  Fiame  of  Fire  was  he  to  the  Rebellious  and 
Stubborn ;    but  refrefhing  as   the  Dew  on   Her- 
mon  to  the  Honeft  Traveller,  miniftring  Counfel  and 
Comfort  to  the  drooping  Soul,  being  not  only   an 
Inftrudfcor,  but  a  Father  to  many  :  Zealous  and 
•wife,  in  the  Support  of  the  Dicipline  eftablifhed  a- 
mongft  us,  impartially  and  honeftly  executing  Judg 
ment  and  Juilice  ;  no   Family   Connections  (not 
even  his  own)  could  bias  him  from  lading  the  Line 
upon  Offenders,  and  from  a  fteady  Endeavour  to 
keep  clean  the  Camp  of  God  ;  in  which  Labour  he 
was   often  fucceisful,  being  made  a   terror  to  evil 
£)oers,  and  a  Praife  to  them  that  did  well. 

"  Thus  conducted,  in  every  Station  of  Life,  he 
became  honourable  amongft  Men,  and  greatly  e- 
lleemed  by  thofc  of  fuperior  Rank  who  knew  him  ; 

being 


C 

being  adorned  with  that  Dignity  which  Truth  con 
fers  on  its  faithful  Followers  :  O:?e  of  his  Acquain 
tance,  a  worth)  Magiftrate,  in  a  Letter  to  one  of 
Jiis  Sons,  foon  after  his Deceafe,  thus  fpeaks  of  him: 
I  mufl  own  my  Weaknefs  ;  I  could  not  refrain 
pay  ing  fome  Tears  to  the  Memory  of  my  departed 
Friend  :  At  firftl  thought  it  a  mournful,  but  af 
ter  afhort  Recollection,  a  pleating  Tribute  ;  for 
tho'  Death  he  the  Wages  of  Sin,  yec  it  opens  to  the 
Reward  of  a  well  fpent  Life  ;  I  therefore  ought 
not  to  mourn,  but  to  rejoice  ac  his  receiving  his 
Reward^  that  ifttxprejp,ble  happy,  and  eternal  Reward 
prepared  for  him.' 
"  7o  conclude.  The  mighty  God  who  vifited  him 
In  his  Youth  with  the  Difcovery  of  his  faying  Pow 
er,  who  thereby  cleanfed  him  from  Unrighteouineft 
and  fan&ified  him  to  himfelf  a  choien  Veffel,  fup- 
ported  him  in  all  his  faithful  Labours  by  Sea  and 
Land,  covered  his  Head  in  all  Conflicts,  and  by 
whom  his  Bow  abode  in  Strength,  became  his  Even 
ing-long  and  Stay  in  the  Decline  of  Life,  that  heaven 
ly  Goodncfs  he  had  ever  prized  as  his  chiefeft  Joy, 
remained  as  a  Seal  upon  his  Spirit,  that  be  badpkaf* 
fdGod,  and  <w*t  accepted  of  him.  In  this,  after  having 
ierved  God  in  his  Generation,  he  fell  afleep,  and 
was  we  doubt  not,  gathered  to  the  Affembly  of  the 
Juft,  to  continue  that  glortous  Employ,  which  was 
his  principal  Delight  en  Earth,  to  worfbip,  adore 
and  magnify  the  Lord  God  and  the  Lamb  for  ever. " 

It  does  not  appear  at  what  Time  the  following  Pa 
per  was  wrote;  nor  whether  it  was  ever  copied 
and  given  abroad  for  general  Service  :  It  appears 
by  the  Hand  to  have  been  done  pretty  early  in  his 
Life,  and  moft  probably  the  firft  he  wrote  ;   yet  as 
it  contains  divers  wieighty  Advices,  it  may  ftillhave 
us  Service,  and  is  therefore  added  to  the  reft,  viz. 

-  A 


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A  FAITHFUL  WARNING,  founded  in  the  Border* 
of  the  Camp  of  Ifrael. 

•    R FADER, 

TH  E  Caufe   of  myfettinqr  pen  to  Paper  at   thh 
lime,  jf  a  Defirt  to  dj/cbatrge  my  Duty  to  God% 
jwd  to  clear   my  'Jonfi.  isrxe  towards  my  Brethren  in    the 
Creation,  in  orde-  to  fti?  them  up  to   Circumfpettion  in 
what  re! -it*:  ttty  to  tbeir  Creator,  in  an  fiver  ing 

the  tender  Aiciic  -;j  of  his  holy  Spirit  given  unto  afl  Alfn> 
whereby  they  may  come  to  be  acqunn*ed  with. God,  and 
with  hi\S~n  l?ft'.<  C-  »•///,  whom  to  kn,w  if,  Life  cter- 
ral  :  Jnd  tl*t  thus  they  mc.y  come  to  witnefr  the  Lord  to 
he  on  tf  fir  Side,  >nthe  Cay  that  is  approaching',  ivh'ch  t» 
thuff  who  d)  not  --now  their  Peace  to  he  made  with  Godt 
vuiUbea  terrtftfe  one :  Fear  wiU  take  hold  within  and 
Vrcvbk  ••;.•  it'tout  ;  and  fri/lref*  on  every  Hand.  c/hereloret 
fob-r  R;  il-r,  that  thou  may\ft  take  the  Wifcrnaa^s 
Cshnfa,  which  //,  to  acquai-  t  ih/fclf  with  God  and 
be  at  Pea'  •£,  is  my  hearty  f.r.d  eerncjl  Dejirey  ivho  am  a 
Lover  of  tly  S.>u(t  and  a  Friend  (according  to  my  Power} 
to  all  Mankind. 

J-  F-  . 

DEAR  Friends  and.  Brethren  in  the  hcly  Seed, 
in  which  onrRe'arion  ftands,  where-ever 
Ibaacred  chroughour  the  whole  World  :  IJaio  you 
doth  the  Salutation  of  endeared  Love  reach,  and 
flows  from  the  divine  Fountain  thro' my  Heart  at 
this  Time;  earneftly  de firing  all  your  Prefer va- 
tion,  i'lthe  condnual  Remembrance  of  the  Good-^ 
nefs  of  God  to  your  immortal  Souls  :  who  once 
•were  feeking  from  Moun  ainto  Hill,  and  from  one 
frofeflion  to  another,  as  many  Thoufands  as  good 
as  we  were  are  doing  at  i his  Day,  and  who  are 
leeking  the  Living  ajnoag  the  Dead,  where  he  is 
not  to  be  found. 

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C    261    ) 

I  And  oh!  methinks  I  fee  how  glad  many  Were  in 
that  Day,  that  the  Lord  thought  them  worthy  to 
come  to, the  Knowledge  of  the  great  Myftery* 
hid  from  Ages  and  Generations,  and  now  revealed^' 
even  Cbrift  in  us,  the  Hope  of  Glory .-  And  how  wil 
ling  were  many  in  that  Day,  to  deny  themfelves; 
and  to  take  up  his  Crofs  to  their  own  Wills  and 
Defires,  fo  that  they  might  obtain  Favour  with 
him,  who  h^d  given  his  Son  a  Ranfom  for  them, 
altho*  it  Was  through  the  Lofs  of  all :  And  thus 
many  came  to  witnefs  with  the  holy  Apoftle,  in 
Meafure  a  being  crucified  to  tie  World,  and  the 
Jfavld  to  them*  by  the  Crcfs  ofChrif,  under  which, 
it  was  their  Delight  to  dwell.  Thus  the  Favour  o£ 
God  was  obtained  by  many,  which  was  more  to 
their  Souls,  than  the  Increafeof  earthly  Riches;  and 
the  Lord  was  well  pleafed  with  them,  and  delight 
ed  to  honour  them  with  his  glorious  Prefence; 
which,  bieffed  be  hiss  moft  worthy  Name,  many 
Souls  have  good  Caufe  to  fay,  he  was  not  with- held 
From  thofe,  -whofe  Care  and  chief  Concern  it  ha$ 
been  to  live  to  his  Honour,  defiring  Nothing  more 
jn  this  World,  than  that  God's  Will  may  be  done 
by  them  ;  confidering,  that  the  End  fpr  which  he 
has  been  pleafed  to  afford  them  Tin&,  Strength 
and  Undcrftanding  in  this  Life,  was  that  they 
might  fpendthem  to  his  Praifej  and  the  Honour  of 
his  Name,  and  to  walk  fo  before  him,  as  that  lie 
may  delight  to  blefs  them  in  providing  all  Things 
heceflary  for  them.  .  And  thus,  dear  Friendsy  we 
come  to  receive  the  Benefits,  and  to  reap  the  true 
Advantage  of  the  Death  and  Sufferings  of  Chrift^ 
ivho  died  for  all,  according  to  the  holy  Apoftle'sf, 
Teftimony  recited  above,  that  Henceforth  we  Jboitti 
live  no  longer  to  ourfehes,  but  unto  him  who  died  for  us^ 
ar.drofe  again:  J?or  tho'  he  died  for  all,  yet  here 
was,  and  ftill  is  the  Danger  of  forfeiting,  or  de 
priving  ourfelves  of  Juftificadon  by  him,  by  li 
L  1  viri 


C 

ying  toSelf,  and  not  to  him,  in  Obedience  untoRighte- 
ouinefs:  Which  my  Soul  earneftiy  defires  may  ne 
ver  be  the  Stare  of  any ,  whom  God  in  his  infinite  Love 
hath  given  to  believe  in  the  Light  of  his  dear  Son, 
the  Rock  and  Refuge  of  all  the  Righteous  for  ever. 
And,  dear  Friends  and  Elder  Brethren,  unto  whom 
my  Heart  is  now  opened,  and  deeply  affected  with 
the  free  Extending*  of  God's  antient  Love,  where- 
by  the  Lord  .hath  brought  us  to  be  acquainted  with 
himfelf,  and  one  vvirh  another  ;  in  which  Love  1 
am  concerned  to  defire  you  every  one  to  confider, 
how  wonderfully  the  Lord  has  itood  by  you,  and 
helped  you  thro'  many  Straits,  and  hath  been 
Mouth  and  Wildom,  Tongue  and  Utterance,  and 
harh  never  failed  in  the  needful  Time,  as  you 
have  leaned  upon  him,  and  ftood  in  the  Senfe  of 
your  own  Nothingnefs  without  him  :  And  let  us 
ftiil  remember,  that  without  the  Help  and  Affift- 
ance  of  God's  invifible  Power,  we  are  this  Day 
as  weak,  and  unfit  as  ever,  to  a6fc  or  perform  an/ 
Thing,  that  will  either  tend  to  the  Honour  of  God, 
or  the  Propagation  of  his  pure  Truth,  and  confe-  ' 
qttently  to  the  Comfort  of  our  own  Souls,  or  Edi 
fying  the  Church.  Wherefore  in  the  Confide- 
ration  of  th*  fe  Things,  I  cannot  be  eafy,  but  in 
Reverence  to  God,  with  a  venerable  Efteem  for 
the  faithful  Elders,  in  Good-will  to  the  Church  of 
God,  and  in  order  to  clear  myfelf  of  that  Neceffi- 
ty  which  remains  upon  my  Spirit,  -I  am  willing  to 
give  forth  this  Caution,  believing  I  have  man/ 
Witnefles,  who  will  be  ready  to  fet  their  Seals  to 
the  Truth  of  it.  Therefore,  dear.  Brethren ,  keep 
near  to  the  Lord,  with  whom  is  everlafting  Strength, 
and  he  will  fill  you  with  heavenly  Wifdom,  which 
is  firlt  pure,  then  -peaceable,  gsntley  ^nd  eafy  to  be  in~ 
treated  to  that  which  is  Good  ;  and  will  make  your 
Labours  and  Exercifes  effectual  to  his  Honour, 
the  Peoples  Comfort,  and  the  Good  of  his  Church, 

which 


C    263    ) 

he  is  bringing  up  out  of  the  WiMerneft," 
and  h-is  many  to  add  to  her,  who  are  yet  unwilling 
to  come  in  ;  and  for  whofe  Sake  the  Lord  has  long 
fpared  this  Nation,  and  hovered  over  it  with  an 
Eye  good. 

And  now  to  you  who  make  Profeflion  of  this 
pure  holy  Principle  of  Truth,  which  God  in  his 
great  Love  hath  revealed  in  you,  and  convinced 
you  of,  fo  that  you  have  profeffed  to  believe,  that 
as  it  is  obeyed  and  followed,  it  will  lead  to  God, 
and  yet  do  not  fliew  your  Fajith  by  your  Works, 
nor  bring  forth  Fruits  of  Righteoufnels,  which 
are  always  the  Fruits  of  true  Faith  ;  I  am  earneft 
with  you  toconfider  weightily,  wherein  true  Re 
ligion  confifts  :  Is  it  in  a  bare  Profejfion  of  the  <Truth ; 
a  giving  up  the  Name  to  God?  Or  is  it  in  Well-doing  ? 
In  obeying  this  pure  Principle  of  Truth  we  profefs, 
fo  as  to  come  to  be  faved  by  it,  and  redeemed  out 
of  the  crooked  Ways,  and  by  Paths  of  this  finful 
World  ?  Remember  Cain  of  old  ;  he  offered  an 
Offering,  ,as  well  as  Jbel\  but  Abel's  Offering  was 
accepted  ;  Cain's  rejected :  And  what  was  the  Rea- 
fon  ;  The  Lord  himfelf  declares  it,  in  fpeaking  to 
Cain:  If  thou  dojl  well,  foalt  thou  not  be  accepted? 
j4nd  if  thou  dojl  not  well,  Sin  lies  at  thy  Door,  Thus 
we  may  feerplainly,  that  true  Religion  doth  confift 
in  Well-doing  ;  falfe,  in  Evil- doing :  No  matter 
•what  the  Profeffion  hath  been  or  is ;  for  it  is  not 
the  Hearer  of  the  Law,  but  the  Doer  of  it,  who  is 
juftified  before  God.  And  tho'  many  may  be  rea 
dy  to  fay,  they  have  but  little  Knowledge,  andean  but 
do  a  Little  ;  and  others,  that  they  are  concerned  in  the 
World,  and  cannot  well  avoid  it  ;  nor  be  fo  circumfpefl  as 
they  would  be,  or  as  they  fee  they  Jhould  be  ;  and  fo 
lofe  their  Bufinels,  and  bring  Shame  upon  them- 
felves,  their  Families,  and  the  Society .  And  here 
the  Enemy  works  all  Manner  of  Ways  to  keep  his 
Hold  in  the  Heart  of  Man,  the  Place  where  God 
L  1  2  fliould 


C   264   ) 

Ihould  predominate.  But  unto  fuch  as  may 
on  this  wife,  I  would  fay  in  the  Words  of  our 
bleffed  Lord  ;  Vo  him  that  hath  but  Little  >  if  he  be; 
faithful,  wore  will  be  added  \  but  he  who  is  not 
faithful  in  a  Little,  is  not  like  to  be  faithful  in  much ; 
and  therefore  is  unfit  to  have  it.  And  if  the  Lord1 
in  his  Mercy  hath  brought  any  to  the  Knowledge 
of  Good  and  Evil,  and  by  the  Light  of  his  holy  Spirit 
hath  taught  them  what  is  Righfeoufnefs,  and  what 
is  Unrighteoufnefs,  as  blefTed  be  his  honourable 
Name  for  ever,  he  lias  done  to  many,  they  Avill  be 
Inexcufable :  And  he  hath  promifed  untothofe  who 
feekthe  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  andhisRighteoufnefs, 
that  ^llother  things /hall  be  added)  as  he  fees  meet : 
!Now  thofe  who  know  what  is  Righteoufnefs,  and 
do  not  purfue  it,  how  can  they  expect  the  additional 
BlefTmg  in  this  World  !  Or  what  juft  Foundation 
of  Hope  have  they,  to  enjoy  that  glorious  Habita 
tion  which  God  the  Lord  has  prepared  for  the 
Righteous  only  when  this  World  to  them  is  at  an 
End  ?  Which  if  they  are  deprived  of,  the  Lofs  is 
difmal  indeed,  and  which  all  the  Riches  a  Man  can' 
poffibly  acquire,  can  never  make  up.  To  all 
therefore  who  are  in  any  Meafure  fenfible  of  the 
Requiring  of  God,  through  the  Spirit  of  his  Son, 
by  whom  hefpeaks  to  his  People,  according  to  the 
Author  .pf  the  Hebrews  ;  methinks  a  Warning,  in 
the  pure  Love  of  God  founds  aloud  thro'  my  Heart 
to  come  away  and  meet  the  Lord,  who  hath  long 
hovered  over  you  ;  and  be  rouzed  up  to  Zeal  and 
Circumfpection,  while  Time  is  offered  unto  you; 
and  it  runs  through  my  Soul  in  great  Dread  and 
Fear  towards  God,  and  Love  to  the  whole  Uni- 
verfe  to  fay  on  this  wife,  tfhat  as  fure  as  ever  Chrifl 
•wept  over  Jerufalem  in  antient  Days,  becaufe  he  would 
loaw  gathered  them  togethert  as  an  Hen  gatherefh  her 
Chickens  under  her  tf'iwtrs,  but  they  would  not ;  fo  fttre- 
fy  he  mourns  over  the  Inhabitants  of  this  Av#wz,  at  this 


C    265    ) 

Day  ;  whom,  in  his  tender  Love,  he  hath  brought 
in  feme  Degree  to  be  acquainted  with  the  Spirit  of 
his  Son,  even  the  Spirit  of  Truth,  which -ark 
Is  followed,  leads  into  all  Truth,  and  cut  of  .all 
Error  and  Untruth.  Thus  gathering  Peoples 
Minds  into  Covenant  with  their  Maker,  and  into 
one  Spirit,  whereby  they  become  Sheep  of  one 
Pafture,  Children  of  one  Father,  and  often  arc  fed 
as  at  one  Table  ;  .which  the  good  Shepherd  is  daily 
fpreading  for  thofe  who  follow  him  with  all  their 
Hearts,  as  well  as  in  Profeffion:  A  Senle  of  his 
poodnefs  to  his  faithful  Followers  at  this  Time  af> 
feels  my  Heart  in  fo  ftrong  a  Manner,  as  that 
Praifes  fpring  in  my  Soul  to  him,  the  divine  and 
inexhaumble  Ocean. 

But  ftill,  my^  Friends,  methinks  I  would  expofe 
late  a  little  with  you  farther  on  this  Subject ;  I 
mean  concerning  jferufalem,  whole  Inhabitants  our 
Saviour  fo  often  would  have  gathered  :  It  does  not 
appear,  but  that  as  they  were  a  People  of  one  City, 
fo  they  were  of  one  Ptpfeflton,  and  yet  wanted  to  be 
gathered ;  let  us  ferioufly  confider  what  was  the  Rea- 
fon  of  it :  Their  Minds,  their  Affections,  wanted 
to  be  gathered  into  Covenant  with  God,  and  into 
Obedience  to  his  holy  Spirit,  whereby  they  mi^ht 
have  been  led  thro' the  outward  Ceremonies*  into 
that  which  was  within  the  Veil ;  and  for  want  of  a 
Willingnefs  to  be  thus  gathered,  they  came  to  a 
miferable  Difappointment  ;  the  Wtngs  that  belonged 
to  their  Peace,  were  hid  from  their  Eyes.  Now,  in  the. 
Fear  of  God,  I  dcfire  all  you  w  ho  are  making  Pro- 
feflion  of  the  precious  Truth,  ferioufly  to  confiricr, 
how  far  your  Minds  are  gathered  by  it,  and  whe 
ther  your  Wills  are  fubjedted  thereby  unto  the  Will 
of  God,  and  brought  into  Covenant  with  him  ;  or 
you  are  gathered  in  Name  only,  and  your  MLids 
are  at  liberty  to  wander  in  the  Wor'n.  &r.J.  after 
the  Things  thereof,  in  an  ir.<«rdi«^re  ivuuvcr  ; 
which  the  Lord  takes  Notice  of,  and  behoiUA  wich 


C     266    5 

a  dreadful  Countenance;  the  Senfe  whereof  doth 
make  many  poor  exercifed  Souls  to  lay  themfelves 
a*  in  the  Daft,  before  the  Lord,  on  the  Behalf  of 
fuch,  being  fatisfied  that  the  Day  of  God  is  haften- 
ing  on  apace,  wherein  all  Coverings  will  be  found 
too  narrow,  that  are  not  of  the  Spirit   of  Truth. 
Haften  therefore   to  come  under  its  Government^ 
all  you  who  are  making  Profeflion  of  it ;  that  fo  in 
this  fhattering  Day  which  is  approaching,  you  may 
be  of  thofe  who  have  a  Right  to  fly  to  the  Name  of 
the  Lord,  which  was,  and   is,  and  ever  will  be,    a 
Place  of  Refuge  to  the  Righteous,     For  methinks 
J  hear,  as   it  were,  the  Noife  of  a  Day  near  at 
Hand,  wherein  it  will  be  faid  to  the  Righteous,  Be 
righteous  fill,  and  to  the  Filthy,  Beflttyfill ;  Let  all 
therefore  be  rouz'd  up  to  the  WorkofSan&ification, 
thro' the  Operation  of  the  Power  of  Truth,  while 
it  is  called  *7V day;  this  my  Soul  and  Spirit  doth 
deeply  travel  for,  my  Heart  being  filled  with  true 
Love  and  Good-?/ ill  unto  all  Men,  ^efiring  nothing 
in  this  my  prefent  Exercife,  but  that  God's  Will  may 
be  done  by  me  ;  and  that  his  Love  may  be  embraced 
by  all,  in  laying  Things  rightly  to  Heart,  and  turn 
ing  from  the  Spirit  of  this  intangling  World,  which 
is  in  danger  to  hinder  you,  if  tampered  with,  from 
coming  up  in  that  Zeal  and  Courage,  and  Boldnefs, 
that  God  would  furnifh  you  with,  as  you  give  up 
freely  to  his  Work.     And  indeed  Friends,  here  is 
great  Need  of  Faithfulnefs,  and  Zeal  in  Practice, 
and  clofe  Difcipline,  in  maintaining  and  managing 
the  holy  and  good  Order,  which  God  in  his  great 
Wifdom  hath  inftrumentally  eftablifhed  amongft  us; 
and  that  in  the  Authority  and  Wildom,  which  the 
Lord  is  endowing  his  waiting  People  with,  whole 
fecret  Labour  it  is,  that  Zion  may  become  the  Glory  of 
Nations,  Jerufalem  thePraife  of  the  whole  Earth. 

A.nd.  dear  Brethren  and  faithful  Sifters,   whofe  Ex 
ercife  none  know  but  the  Lord  alone,  tho'  you  can 


C    267    ) 

in  Meafure  fympathize  one  with  another,  and  yoti 
mourn  fomedmes  becaufe  the  Work  is  heavy,  and 
but  few  who  are  willing  faithfully  to  join,  and  put 
their  Shoulders  to  it,  yet  be  not  difmayed  nor  dif- 
couraged ;  the  Lord  is  able,  and  alfo  willing,  in 
his  own  Time,  to  fend  forth  more  Labourers  into 
his  Harveft,  and  he  will  blefs  your  Exercifesto 
you,  and  grant  you  to  fee  the  Fruits  of  your  La 
bours,  to  your  unfpeakable  Joy ;  this  is  my  Faith,  and 
herein  is  my  Soul  often  borne  up  above  clofeExerci- 
ies,be!ieving  the  great  and  powerful  God  is  defirous, 
that  his  Camp  foouldbeckavfcd:  For  it  feems  to  me,  that 
there  are  Abundance  of  People  who  are  not  of  our 
Society,  who  will  confefs  to  the  Truth  in  Words, 
and  have  their  Eyes  very  ftri&ly  upon  us,  to  fee  if 
our  Actions  agree  with  our  Principles,  and  our 
Conduct  anfwers  the  Profeflion  we  make.  There 
fore,  deaf  Friends ,  join  Hand  in  Hand,  arid  fct  Shoul 
der  to  Shoulder,  and  go  on  in  the  Name  and  Fear 
of  the  living  God  ;  his  Power  will  be  with*  you, 
and  his  Angel  will  be  your  holy  Companion :  And 
as  you  thus  keep  in  the  gentle  and  meek  Wifdom  of 
God,  that  which  would  feem  to  obftru&  and  with- 
ftand  the  Work  of  Truth,  will  be  made  to  fly  be 
fore  you  :  So  will  the  Mountain  of  the  Lord  be  eftablijb* 
ed  above  all  other  Mountains ,  and  his  Hill  be  exalted  a- 
love  every  Hill ;  many  jhallfock  unto  it ;  and  the  Name 
of  the  Lordfoall  become  more  and  more  famouf  in  fit 
Earth  ;  w  hich  that  it  may  be,  the  Souls  of  a  lit 
tle  Remnant  defire  more  earneftly,  than  to  lee  the 
Increafe  of  any  yifible  Tiling. 


C    268    ) 

A  tender  Vifitation  of  endeared  Love,  flowing 
from  the  divine  Fountain,  towards  the  whole 
Flock  and  Family  of  God,  wherever  fcattered. 
From  one  who  is  a  Lover  of  Souls,  and  a  Tarvel- 
ler  for  the  Welfare  of  Zhn. 

JOHN  FOTHERGILL. 

'A'y  Boiueh,  my  fioweh  ;  /  am  pained  at  my  very  Heart  ; 
my  Heart  ina>:eth  a  Koife  within  me;  I  cannot  hold 
my  Peace,  berwfe  tkcuheArdft,  oh  my  Soul,  the  Sound 
ofthscTrttmpettthes4larmoflf/ar>  Jer.  iv.  19. 

UPON  the  24th  Day  of  the  Eleventh  Month* 
1699,  as  I  was  walking  Ibiitafily  to  our 
W  cek-day  Meeting,  an4  pondering  in  my  Spirit^ 
as  at  many-  other  Times,  upon  the  Things  that  be 
long  to  the  Welfare  of  the  Church  of  God,  there 
fell  a  weighty  Concern  upon  me  to  vi'fit  Friends 
with  tins  following  Epiflle  ;  and  finding  a  Necef- 
/ity  cd  remain  upon  me,  in  the  conftraining  Lov$ 
of  our  heavenly  Father,  I  do  hereby  falute  you  all 
•who  in  any  Meafnre  are  eome  to  tafte  of  the  good 
Word  of  Life  (  which  is  even  fo  near  as  in  the 
Mouth  and  in  the  Heart)  and  of  the  Powers  of  the 
World  to  come. 


FRIENDS  and  BRETHREN^ 

DWELL,  Ibcieecb  you,  in  aSenfe  of  the 
£rear  >-«ed   ycu  rdly  have  of  renewing  of 
tlus  Tafte,  andii;  !'   it!.:rrbrance  of  God's  inexpref- 
fible  Love  to  yc  -  in  difcovering  unto  you 

the  Way  of  Liie  ;.  even  into  >«ou  who  fat  in 
Dirknefs,  and  uisdor  the  Region  and  S:  adow  of 
Death,  now  is  Li^Ir:  fprur.g  up,  according  to 
Scripture-  teftimony  ;  and  as  you  have  walked  in 
this  Light,  the  Light  of  the  glorious  Son  of  God, 
•which  has  fhined  as  from  on  hicb  into  your  Souls^ 
you  have  come  to  behold  the  Baits  and  Snares  of 

your 
I 


C    *«9    3 

your  Souls  Enemy,  fo  that  many  have  been  made 
to  pour  forth  their  Souls  to  God,  in  a  Senfe  of  the 
Need  they  were  in  of  a  Saviour,  and  of  his  having 
heard  them  in  an  acceptable  Time,  granting  them 
Ability  to  efcape  the  Evils  they  had  been  overcome 
\vith,  and  giving  them  Victory  over  that  which 
had  been  Matter  over  them  :  and  thus  many  have 
been  made  Conquerors,  and  more  than  Conquerors, 
thro*  him  who  hath  loved  them  ;  thro*  whom,  not 
only  inward,  but  even  our  ward  Enemies,  have 
been  in  a  great  Degree  fubdued,  and  made  willing 
to  be  at  Peace  with  them.  This  hath  been  the 
Lord's  doing,  and  indeed  it  it  marvelous  in  the 
Eyes  of  many  to  this  Lhy  ;  and  I  have  Faith  to  be 
lieve  it  will  never  be  forgotten  by  them  :  But  it  is 
their  chiefeft  Concern  how  to  demean  themfelves 
Fo,  as  that  they  may  anfwer  the  great  Love  of 
God  to  their  Souls,  not  in  the  leaft  doubting,  but 
as  they  thus  live,  all  Things  in  this  Life  will  be 
added,  as  the  Lord  fees  convenient. 

My  Heart  is  filled  with  the  Aboundings  of  God's 
Love  towards  you,  my  dear  Friends,  who  are  thus 
concerned,  and  herein  I  can  dearly  lalnte  you> 
with  the  Knee  of  my  Mind  bowed  to  the  Lord  Je 
hovah,  in  whom  is  Safety,  that  he  may  preferve 
you  ever  mindful  of  him,  and  low  before  him, 
waiting,  ssat  his  Footftool,  to  hear  the  gracious, 
Words  that  proceed  from  him  ;  con  fide  ring,  that 
of  yourfelves,  and  without  him,  you  can  do  No 
thing  that  will  further  the  great  Work  which  he 
hath  called  you  to  be  engaged  in. 

And  thus  as  we  all  keep  in  Self-denial,  and  under 
the  daily  Oofs,  theCrofs  of  Chrift,  which  the  Apo- 
file  ft.id,  Wat  to  them  that  are  faved,  tie  Po-wer  of 
Gof,  i  Cor.  i.  18.  we  iliall  dwell  under  his  Power, 
and  the  Operation  of  the  Spirit  of  Truth  in  our- 
felves,  and  be  made  inftrumental  in  the  Hand  of  the 
Lord,  in  eur  refpe&ive  Places  and  Offices  in  the 
M:  m1  CJiur chy 


Church,  every  one  considering,  what  his  Duty 
and  Sradon  in  the  Body  i« :  For  if  we  are  Mem 
bers  of  the  Church,  we  have  each  one  feme  Ser 
vice  in  it,  either  greater  or  lefs ;  and  that  ail  who 
profefs  themfelves  to  be  of  her,  may  be  ftirred  up 
to  conficler  what  this  i?,  and  to  be  diligently  enga 
ged  in  performing  it,  to  work  while  it  is  called  To 
day,  before  the  Night  comes,  wherein  none  can 
labour,  am  I  at  this  Time  concerned :  That  fo  the 
£nd,  for  which  the  Lord  reached  unto  us,  and 
vifited  our  Souls,  may  be  anfvvcred  by  all  to  Ho 
nour  and  our  Comfort.  And  I  cannot  but  eaf- 
fceftly  defire,  that  all  may  be  routed  up  faithfully 
to  purfuc  after  this  Point,  in  this  Time  of  Peace 
and  ourward  Quiet  (if  it  pieafe  the  Lord  to  length 
en  it  out  to  you  as  yet  a  little  longer)  that  when  we 
are  called  to  account,  we  may  fo  have  numbered 
the  Favours  ai.d  Mercies  of  God  to  us,  as  to  be 
able  to  give  up  our  Accounts  with  Che;u:fulncfs. 

And  oh  !  what  lhall  I  lay  or  write  that  may  pre 
vail  upon  you,  whom  God  hath  been  pleated  to 
Call  by  his  Grace,  and  to  reveal  his  faving  Truth 
In  you  ;  hot*  lhall  I  prevail  upon  you,,  to  lhake 
.'^rourfclvc-s  from  die  Dull  of  the  Earth,  and  come 
away  in  Fauhfulnefs  and  Obedience  to  your  Call, 
in  Zeal  and  Boidnefs  for  your  heavenly  Captain  ; 
and  no  longer  to  confer  with  Flefh  and  Blood, 
nor  reafon  with  the  Spirir  of  the  World,  which 
hinders  your  Growth,  and  makes  you  dwarfifh, 
ib  thai  there  is  but  very  little  Fruit  on  fome  of 
you,  upon  whom  the  Lord  hath  bellowed  much 
Labour.  And  altho*  fome  of  you,  as  to  Age, 
might  have  been  Teachers  of  others,  yet  have 
you  need  that  others  fhoujd  teach  you,  tho*  you 
may  not  b_-  very  willing  to  hear  of  ir,  but  be  rea 
dy  to  fay  in  order  to  e\rcufe  or  cover  yourfclves, 
that  You  lave  krown  th?  Truth  niany  Tears,  and  have 
opevfy  profejfetl  it  :  But  kc  me  tell  you,  ia  the  Fear 

and 


C    271    } 

and  Dread  of  the  powerful  God,  That  a  Know* 
ledge  of  the  Truth,  or  a  Profeffion  thereof,  is  not 
fufficient ;  nay,  altho*  it  has  been  fo  obey'd,  as 
that  you  have  come  out  of  the  open  Profanenefs 
of  the  World,  which  may  well  be  called  the  open 
Streets  of  Babykn\  yet  if  you  da  not  cbey  its  Re- 
quirings,  fo  as  to  bring  forth  Fruits  mete  for  hint 
who  hath  given  you  fo  many  refrefhing  Showers  o£ 
his  pure  Love,  and  come  out  of  the  fecret  Cham 
bers  of  Babylon  alfo,  you  will  be  in  Danger  of  fuf- 
fering  great  Loft,  more  Ways  than  one  :  For  God 
is  determined  to  lay  her  wafte,  to  make  her  a  Heap 
of  Ruins  ;  and  Wo  will  be  to  all  thofe  who  have 
been  delighting  to  drink  in  the  Cup  of  her  Forni 
cations,  whatever  their  Profeffion  or  Appear 
ance  have  been  ;  and  the  Day  of  her Sor,rcw  is 
haftening  with  Speed. 

Therefore,  my  Brethren  and  Sifters  in  Profeffion, 
my  Heart  being  full  of  Goodwill,  I  am  led,  in 
the  conftraining  Love  of  God,  to  warn  you  all  to 
be  ware  of  the  M  ere  hand  iz.es  o(  Babylon,  efpecialiy* 
the  Pleafures  of  this  fading  World,  and  to  have  a 
Care  that  they  do  not  prevail  upon  the  Minds  of  any, 
fo  as  to  get  between  you  and  the  Lord,  or  feparatq 
you  from  the  Love,  of  God,  marifefted  unto  you 
thro*  his  dear  Son,  and  the  Light  of  his  holy  Spi 
rit  ;  but  that  all  who  have  come  to  believe  in  the 
Light  of  Chriir,  may  fo  live,  as  that  they  may 
fhew  forth  their  Faith  by  Obedierce  unto  Righte* 
oufnefs,  which  is  always  the  Fruit  of  true  Faith  ? 
For  as  tie  Body  if  dead  without  tie  Spirit.)  fo  is  Faith 
without  Works  dead  alfo ,  James  ii,  26. 

And  as  you  come  up  in  Obedience  to  him  in 
whom  you  profefs  to  believe,  he  will  lead  and 
guide  you  into  all  Truth,  in  the  Way  of  Holinefs, 
which  is  the  only  Way  to  Reft  and  Peace  :  Thus 
you  will  be  Ifraelites  of  God  in  Heart  as  well  as  in 
Profeffion,  and  your  Eafe  will  be  to  dwell  alone ; 
M  m  2  no, 


C    262    ) 

no  more  to  be  numbered  among  the  Nations,  n$n 
ther  in  their  Worfliip,  which  is  in  the  Alienatio  s 
jfrom  God  ;  nor  in  the  polluted  Ways  and  Cuftom 
of  the  World,  which  is  what  my  Soul  defires9 
and  is  the  End  of  my  prefent  Exercife  ;  and  that  it 
may  never  happen  to  any  whom  God  has  vifired  in 
this  Da)',  as  it  did  to  fome  of  the  ffraelites  formerly, 
•who  lived  to  fee  a  Time,  wherein  they  were  ready 
to  lament  that  *Tbe  Suntrner  <was  overt  the  FJarveft 
ended)  and  they  ttngathered :  Which  State  my  Soul 
earneftly  breathes  to  God  may  never  happen  to  beany 
of  ours,  to  whom  he  has  grncioufly  given  a  Sum- 
mer-feafon  unto  ;  but  that  we  may  embrace  his  ten 
der  Love,  which  is  extended  towardsus;  for  which, 
and  his  numberlefs  Tokens  of  Mercy  and  Favour 
•pouchlafed  to  us  ever  fince  we  were  a  People,  my 
Soul  in  Reverence  (with  many  more)  doth  bow 
unto  the  living  Fountain  ;  and  feeling  his  pure 
Love  to  fill  my  Soul  at  this  Time,  I  am  made  to 
fing  Praifes  to  God  who  dwells  on  high,  and  is  a-' 
lone  worthy,  worthy,  VVorld  without  End. 

And  as  you,  my  elder  Brethren^  who  have  known 
the  Truth  many  Years,  I  cannot  but  fay  (in  Hu 
mility  of  Soul  before  the  Lord,  and  with  a  true 
£fteem  for  faithful  Elders^  as  the  Words  ran  thro* 
my  Heart  when  this  Exercife  came  upon  me)  lift' 
lip  your  Eyes  and  fee  how  white  the  Fields  are 
unto  Harveft ;  do  not  you  fee  how  many  there  be 
•who  do  not  yet  profefs  with  us,  but  are  fo  far 
convinced  as  to  confefs,  that  it  is  the  Truth  which 
Is  held  forth  amongft  us  ?  And  now  their  Eyes  are 
attentively  upon  us,  to  fee  how  we  come  up  in  the 
practical  Part  of  our  Religion,  in  Care,  in  Zeal 
and  Circumfpeftion  in  all  our  Undertakings :  So 
that  I  have  fometimes  faid,  That  in  many  Places 
verbal  Teftimonies  are  not  fo  much  wanting,  as  a 
Care  in  anfwering  our  Teftimonies  and  Principles, 
in  ail  our  Behaviour  and  Deportment  amongft  the 

Sons 


C    273    ) 

Sons  of  Men  :  The  want  whereof  doth  often  hin 
der  Truth  from  prevailing,  and  ftands  in  the  Way 
of  thofe  who  are  not  yet  of  this  Fold,  jet  whom  the 
Lord  waits  to  gather  into  it :  For  the  Sake  of  fuch 
he  hath  (laid  his  Hand,  which  hath  long  been 
ftretched  out  over  this  poor  Nation:  Wherefore 
let  all  be  ftirred  up  to  fee,  if  Nothing  lies  at  any 
of  your  Doors,  or  remains  undone  on  your  Parts ; 
but  that  you  come  up  in  a  holy  Zeal  and  Boldnefs 
for  God  and  his  Caufe  upon  Earth,  that  fo  the 
Beauty  and  Glory  of  th®  everlafting  Truth  may 
fhine  forth  to  the  World  thro'  you  all.  Let  your 
Lights  fo  foine  in  th$  World,  that  they  that  fee  your 
good  Works,  and  holy  Care,  may  glorify  your  hea 
venly  Father  :.  This  doth,  my  Soul  earneftly  intreat 
for  you  all.  j  j 

For  it  would  be  a  difmal  Thing  indeed,  if  any 
whom  God  has  fent  to  beas  Way-marks  toothers  to. 
walk  by,  to  be  as  the  Salt  of  the  Earth,  as  the  pre- 
midve  Ckriftians  were,  and  the  true  GMftiaw  are, 
Should  thro*  Negligence,  or  Indifference  rather,  be 
Hinderers  of  others,  until  the  Time  of  gathering  be 
Over  :  Would  not  fuch  be  in  Danp.er  of  being  guilty 
of  the  Blood  of  others  ?  In  the  Fear  and  Love  of 
of  God  therefore  let  ali  lay  thefe  Things  to  Heart, 
turn  to  the  Light  of  Chrift  in  your  own  Boioms, 
and  consider  of  your  Ways,  and  fee  by  it,  how  the 
Matter  ftands  between  God  and  your  Souls ;  whe 
ther  you  have  nokrefifted,  as  Jerufalem  did,  until  they 
were  left  in  Darknefs,  and  could  not  difcern  the 
Things  that  belonged  to  their  Peace  ?  Whether 
you  have  anfwered  the  Call  of  the  Lord  i:;  Obedi 
ence  unto  Ri^hteoufnels,  and  thereby  brought 
Honour  to  God?  Or  have  otherwife  by  Negligence, 
or  Liberty  taken  to  fulfil  the  Lufts  of  the  Fiefh, 
CaOffd  the  Way  of  Truth  to  be  evil-fpoken  of  ?  If 
it  hath  thus  been  with  any  who  profefs  the  bkffed 
Truth,  methinks  the  Trumpet  of  the  Lord  founds 

very 


C   274   ) 

very  laud  to  fach  ;  and  with  yearning  Bofrels  oP 
trae  Good- will,  I  cannot  but  warn  mch,  to  feek 
the  Lord  with  your  whole  Hearts,  if  happily  he 
may  yet  be  f.mtid  of  you:  And  altho'  it  be  in  the 
Way  of  his  righteous  Judgments (  which  ii  the  alone 
Way  to  Redemption,  and  is  for  the  prefent  not 
joyous  but  grievous)  yet  embrace  it,  and  be  willing, 
to  be\r  his  ChafHfemcnts,  while  he  condefcends  to 
mix  them  wirh  Mercy:  For  this  I  mull  fay,  that 
thofe  who  will,  not  bow  under  the  Judgments  which 
God  Almighty  is  offering  in  Love,  they  muft  bear 
his  Indignation,  when  the  Door  of  Mercy  is  fliut 
upon  them  in  the  Day  that  is  approaching,  when 
the  Sinners, altho'  in  Z'jn,  Ihall  be  afraid,  and  Fear 
will  furpme  the  Hypocrite,  even  all  fuch  who  pro- 
feft  themfelves  to  be  what  they  are  not  in  Reallity . 
Qh!  how  fhall  I  write,  or  *'hat  frail  I  fay,  to  clear 
my  felf,  and  cafe  my  Spirit  of  that  Weight  of Exer- 
cife  which  refts  upon  me  in  true  Love  to  ail?  Let 
me  fay  unto  all,  who  make  mention  of  the  Name  of- 
the  Lord,  Depart  ye  from  Iniquity  \  and  in  the  Words 
of  our  Lord,  fpezking  to  the  Jews  that  had 
believed  on  him,  If  ye  abide  in  my  Urordt  then  are  ye 
my  Difiiples  indeed  ;  andysfoall  know  the  truth,  and 
the  (Truth  Jball fet  you  free.  They  then  alledged,  they 
were  Abraham's  Children^  andconfequently  free:  Buc 
our  Saviour  replied,  that  if  they  were  Abraham*/ 
Children^  they  would  do  the  Ifrorks  of  Abraham  ;  but 
he  tells  them  plainly,  they  were  of  their  Father  the 
Devil,  and  his  Lujls  would  they  do.  You  therefore* 
\v ho  are  the  Children  of  believing  Parents,  have 
a  Care  I  intreat  you,  of  trufting  to  this  Plea  of  the 
Jews  ;  it  is  a  Covering  that  will  prove  too  narrow  ; 
and  Excufe  that  will  do  your  Souls  no  good;  and 
it  you  are  not  following  your  Fathers  Steps  in  the 
Way  of  Regeneration,  and  working  the  Worlfs  of 
Righteoufnefs,  you  \vill  fland  condemned  as  the 

Jews, 


C    27*    3 

yews  were,  and  ycur  ProfefEon  will  be  of  no  a^ 
toil. 

Therefore,  as  you  believe  in  the  Light,,  fee  that 
'you  walk  in  ir,  while  it  fliines  upon  you,  tbatfo  yc 
may  become  the  Children  of  the  Light  and  of  rhe 
Day,  Children  of  God,  Heirs  and  Coheir*  with 
Chriftin  the  Kingdom  of  his  Father  '&  Glory,  which 
will  be  of  more  Value  in  a  dying  Hour,  than  all  the 
Pleafurcs  of  the  World,  were  ir  poffible  for  a  Man 
to  obtain  them.  Let  me  therefore  reccommend 
you  to  the  ingrafted  Word)  wlicb,  as  it  is  obeyed  and 
followed,  is  able  to  J'ave  ike  Soul :  It  is  not  far  from, 
any,  but  nigh  at  Hand,  even  in  the  Mouth  and  in  tie 
Heart,  that  ic  may  be  both  heard  and  done.  Thus 
as  all  come  up  in  Obedience  unto  the  Word  of 
Truth,  you  will  draw  down  the  Favour  of  God 
upon  you,  and  the  Lord  will  be  as  a  King  to  de 
fend  you,  a  Rock  of  Refuge  in  the  Shattering  Day 
that  is  near  at  Hand^  when  the  Lord  will  hide  his 
faithful  Children  as  in  the  Hollow  of  his  Hand. 

Remember,  dear  "Friends^  how  the  Lord's  Love 
Was  manifefted  over  thofe  cxercifed  Ones,  who 
were  in  Pain  for  the  Welfare  of  "feyufakra  \  on 
thefe  he  fet  his  Mark  for  their  Safety  whilfc 
thofe  who  beheld  the  Abomination*  with  Ea& 
and  Unconcernednefs,  periihed  with  tbofc  who 
worked  them,  tho'  they  might  not  be  found  wuft 
them  in  openProfaneneis;  butthey  had  alloncFajr$. 
Thefe  Tilings  have  been  left  for  our  Jnftru&o.nw 
and  my  Soul  defires  that  we  may  thoroughly  confiddfe 
them ;  then  I  believe  a  Concern  would  be  begot  ift 
many  Hearts  who  are  now  at  Eafe,  that  we  might 
grow  rich  towards  God,  and  bring  forth  Frnits  to 
his  Honour;  and  not  to  feek  ourfclves,  or  the  Fa 
vour  or  Friendfhip  of  the  World.  For  thofe  who 
do  fo,  and  are  more  concerned  herein,  than  in  con* 
jfidering  how  they  may  behave,  fo  as  to  be  worohy 
Receivers  of  the  many  Blcffmgs,  both  fpiricual  and 
l,  which  he  iuth  favoured  us  with,  ma/  be 

aflurcd, 


affured,  that  the  all-fcc'.ng  Eye  of  God  is  ove*  ^ 
them,  and  he  fees  them  with  Difpleafure,  tho'  they 
may  think  therafelves  fate  and  rich,  and  may  Cre 
ate  to  themfelves  Peace,  and  deck  themfelves  wiih 
God's  Jewels,  yec  t'.ieir  Peace  may  be  broken  when 
they  have  the  greateft  Need  of  true  Peace,  and  their 
Riches  become  Poverty  and  Want;  which  I  hearti 
ly  defire  rruy  never  be  the  State  of  any  whom  God 
hath  vifited  with  his  glorious  Truth. 

And  this   Word   lives  in  my  Heart  to  you  all, 
•whether   old  or    young,  rich  or  poor,  whom  the 
Lord  hath  concerned  to  labour  for  the  Good  ot  his 
Church,  wherher  in  a  public  Teftimony,  or  in  a 
more  private  Manner  ;  oh!  fee  that  you  come  up 
In  y.mr  proper  Office,  in  the  Dominion  and  Autho 
rity  of  the  pure  Truth,  and  keep  clofe  under   the 
Government  of  your  heavenly  Captain,  who  hath. 
engaged  you  in  his  Warfare  againft  the  Enemy    of 
Souls ;  and  beware  of  confulting  with  Fieih   and 
Biood,  or  giving  way  to  the  reafoning  Part  ;  for 
this  weakens  your  Hands  as  it  gets  room,  and  is  the 
Work  of  the  Enemy,  who  feeing  himfelf  dethroned 
in  you,  and  the  Lord  concerning  you  to  help  to  o- 
verturn  his  Power  in  others,  I  know  great  are  his 
Endeavours  to  hinder  filch  in  their  Progrefs,  and 
many  are  the  Snares  he  is  making  UTe  of :  ,  There 
fore,    dear   l-nrd^  keep   true    to    your    Leader, 
whether  it  be  little  or  more  that  the  Lord  requi- 
rech  of  you  ;  let  -our  Eye  be  (ingly  to  h  m,  your 
Faith  fixed  in  his  Power,  and  the  Enemy  with  ^alt 
his  Agents  will  be  put  to  flight :  And   as  you  abide 
in  the  Word  of  his  Patience,  you  fhallgrow  ftrong 
in  the  Lord,  and  in  the  Power  of  his  Might.     And 
notwithfianding  ibme  may  be  readv  to  think,  that 
tho'  they  get  one  Seep    forward  one  Day,  'ye^  they 
lofe  it  another  ;  and  lo  are  ready  to  faint  in  their 
Minds,  and  let  in  DifcouragetneiUs;  let^ me  caution 
you,-   r/y  Wider    Friends,    againft   admitting  thsfe 

' 


t '  '277   } 

'Tilings  to  hare  too  much  Place  in  your  Thoughts,; 
for  God,  who  hath  begun  the  Work,  if  .  ou  abide 
in  his  Covinfel,  will  carry  it  on,  and  perfect  ic  ik 
Kis  own  Time,  to  his  Praife  and  your  Comfort. 
Be  faithful  therefore  in  your  feveral  Conoitions, 
and  think  nor  God's  Time  long,  but  wait  for  it  : 
Remember  David^  and  how  long  ic  was  ere  he  came 
to  rule  Ifrdeli  after  he  was  anointed  Kir  g  by  the 
Prophet,  and  how  many  Trials  and  deep  Exercifc) 
he  underwent,  infomu^h  that  he  feared  he  fhoHd 
one  Day  fall  by  the  Hanrl  of  thofe  who  fought  his 
I/Te  :  And  certain  it  is,  th:it  many  whom  the  Lord 
has  Service  for,  he  is  pleafed  to  try  with  i/ai  ious 
Exercifes,  in  order  that  they  may  be  experimental 
WitnefTers  for  him,  of  his  great  Power. 

Neither  let  any  defpife  the  Day  of  frnall  tffe^-Jr, 
but  be  faithful  in  the  Little;  if  the  Lord  fee 
mete  he  can  add  wore:  But  thofe  who  are  not 
faithful  in  little,  how  are  they  like  ro  be  faith 
ful  in  much  ?  And  therefore  are  unfit  to  have 
it.  See  therefore,  r»y  Friendi^  that  you  quityour- 
felves  like  Men  and  Women  for  God,  in  your  fe- 
Veral  Services,  whether  in  public  Teftimony,  or 
in  Aff  ;irs  relating  to  Difcipline  and  the  good  Or* 
der  of  the  Church  ;  that  fo  Nothing  may  be  want 
ing  on  your  Parts ;  that  how  foon  foever  the  Lord 
may  come  to  take  a  View  of  his  Vineyard,  in  or 
der  to  clear  it  of  the  fruitlefs  Branches,  which  he 
hath  long  beheld  with  a  fparing  Eye,  and  plenti 
fully  watered  them  with  the  Showers  of  his  Love^ 
you  may  be  clear  of  the  Blood  of  fuch,  having 
difcharged  your  Duty  every  Way  towards  them  ; 
and  methii.ks,  Friends ,  I  find  it  to  reft  upon  me  to 
fa/,  *7"j&/i  Day  draws  on  apace  ;  a  Day  wherein  he 
will  make  it  plain,  who  are  on  his  Side,  and  are 
following  him  faithfully  ;  and  who  they  are,  who 
profels  to  folbw  him,  and  yet  live  to  themfelvesv 
and  in  the  Liberty  of  their  own  carnal  Hearts: 
M-y  Soul  is  iu  deep  rkavir.efs  many  Times  for  fuchf 
N  n  tho* 


C    27-8    ) 

are  often  the  moft  unwilling  to  con/ider 
Things  aright ;  and  fometimes  the  moft  forward  to 
judge  hardly  of  the  Servants  of  the  Lord,  who  are 
made  willing  to  fpend  and  be  fpcnt  for  the  Glory  of 
God,  and  the  Good  of  his  People  ;  and  of  whofe 
Labour  and  Travel,  both  in  Body  and  Spirit,  the 
Lord  takes  Notice,  and  they  fhall  not  go  unreward 
ed,  as  they  continue  faithful  unto  God;  unto 
•whom  they  look  in  all  they  take  in  Hand,  and  dare 
not  fpare,  neither  for  Favour,  Affection,  nor  any 
Thing  that  is  here  below,  when  the  Lord  opens 
their  Underftandings ;  andthefe  Shall  reft  from  their 
Labour^  in  endlefs  Happinefs,  and  their  i&crksjball; 
follow  them. 

And  unto  you  who  have  kept  your  Integrity,, 
and  are  as  Fathers  and  Mothers  in  Jfrael,  for  whom 
I  have  a  reverent  Efteem  in  the  Lord  ;  unto  you  a 
Word  dwells  upon  my  Spirit,  in  the  pure  Love  of 
God  :  May  you  ever  remember  the   Days  of  your  Touth^ 
and  how  Under  ly  the  Lord  dealt  with  you  ;  how   he  ted 
yen  even  en  Step  by  Sfep,  and  often  pa/fed  by  the  Infirmi 
ties  and  lfreakn(>Jfs  that  Attended  you:  And  when  you 
were  in  Danger  of  muTtiig  your  Way,  Tcu,  whofe 
Beprss  were  goody  did  not  he  condefcend  to   inform 
your   C/ndcrpandwgs,  lead  you  as  by  the   Handt    and 
kelp  you  into  the  IFay  again  ?    Thus  did   your   hea 
venly  Father  deal  with  you,  in  his  tender  Lovrc 
and  Mercy  :  And  as  you  keep  thefe  Things  in  Re 
membrance,  they  will  engage  your   Minds  to  be 
watchful  over,  and  very  tender  towards  thofe  who 
are  but  as  Children  (as  you  once  were)  in  whom 
the  Lord   is  at   work,  and  forming  them   for  his 
Service,    to  promote  the  Good  of  Zhny  and  the 
Welfare  of  "yerufaletn  ;  for  which   many  of  you 
have  faithfully  laboured  in  your  Day.     And  now 
the  Lord  is  ftirring  up  many,  whom  he  will  make 
valiant  for  him,    and   his  Truth   upon   Earth,    as 
t^icy  ifynd  faithful  unto  him,  when  many  of  you 


C    279    > 

are  gone  to  your  Reft.  And  therefore,  dear 
receive  the  Word  of  Exhortation  ;  and  wherever 
you  fee  any  tender,  breathing  Babe,  that  hath  its 
Father's  Stamp  upon  it,  altho'  it  appear  weak,  and 
in  a  ftamrncring  Manner,  if  you  candifcerc  that  its 
Longing  and  Defire  is  for  the  Prosperity  of  Truth, 
and  of  the  glorious  Work  of  God,  how  can  yoq 
but  be  glad  thereof;  and  if  it  happens  that  fuch  an 
one  Ihould  at  any  Time  mifsits  Way,  either  on  the 
right  Hand  or  on  the  left,  how  read/  fhould  the  wife 
in  Heart  be  to  inform,  and  extend  a  Hand  to  help  in 
t^ie  fame  Love  wherein  God  dealt  with  you  in  your 
Childhood  :  And  as  you  are  thus  preierved  in  the 
pure  meek  Spirit  of  Jefus,  your  heavenly  Head,  it 
will  abundantly  add  to  your  Authority,  and  beget 
the  more  Care  in  thofe  you  are  thus  concerned  for, 
to  anfwer  your  Advice,  and  to  keep  clofe  to  the 
P.equirings  of  God  ;  and  it  will  aifo  give  you  the 
greater  Weight  with  fuch  as  are  juftiy  blame. We. 
Thus  will  the  Government  of  Chrift,  the  Power 
and  Authority  of  the  Gofpel,  more  and  more 
prevail  over  that  which  is  of  the  Flefli  and  flefhly 
Will,  thro  your  keeping  in  the  Dominion  and 
Dignity  of  Truth  :  And  thus  will  the  Church  of 
God  be  adorned  with  her  own  Robe,  with  the  holy 
Spirit  of  the  living  Lord;  and  her  Members  wilt 
love  and  cherifh  one  another,  every  one  acting  in. 
its  own  Place  and  Station,  be  it  never  fo  fmall  or 
low  ;  the  Circulation  of  heavenly  Life  will  then 
be  witneffed,  and  all  will  go  on  to  the  Glory  and  Ho 
nour  of  the  great  God,  who  is  worthy  for  ever. 

And  be  fure,  my  Brethren,  as  much  as  in  you  lies, 
keep  in  the  meek,  gentle,  condefcending  Spirit  of 
Love  one  towards  another  ;  fo  that  nothing  may 
ever  get  Place  amongft  you,  that  may  grow  to 
Hardnefs,  or  caufe  Grudgings  to  arife  in  any  of 
your  Minds  one  towards  another,  for  this  will  in- 
fenfibly  eat  as  a  Canker,  to  the  Weakening  of  your 

Strength 


C     286     ) 

Strength  and  Authority  unawares  ;  butfo  give  way 
to  one  another,  in  the  Liberty  of  Truth,  that  you 
may  grow  up  in  the  blefled  F^llowfliip  of  the  glo 
rious  Gofpel,  asth:it  all  who  behold  your  Cbriftiah 
Beh  wiour  one  towards  another,  may  have  Caufe 
to  far,  vou  are  the  People  of  Gody  and  taught  by  bis 
holy  Spirit:  And  thus  you  will  be  a  good  Example  to 
theverv  Hindermoft  ofthofe  amongft  whom  you 
are  concerned,  which  will  be  a  Means  to  faftert 
and  fee  ho  ne  your  feveral  Services  upon  all  you  are 
engaged  with  :  Yoii  will  alfo  be  kept  near  and  dear 
one  unto  another,  in  the  Unity  of  the  one  Spirit,  tlJt 
Bond  of'lafin^  Peace ;  which  as  you  abide  in  the  Ene- 
m ;•••,  with  all  his  Twirtings  andTwinings,  will  nevelr 
be  able  to  break,  nor  deprive  you  of.  Therefore, 
my  Brethren,  join  Hand  in  Hand,  and  fet  ShonMei1 
to  Shoulder  in  this  weighty  Work,  the  Promotion 
of  God's  bit-fled  Truth,  and  go  on  in  the  Name  and 
Fear  of  the  Lord,  in  Self  denial  (which  reaches  a 
great  Way,  if  truly  considered)  and  under  a  Senfe 
of  the  daily  Need  you  have  of  his  Aflifhnce  :  This 
doth  my  Soul  earneftly  intreat  of  you  all,  being  fil 
led  with  a  Senfe  of  the  Goodnefs  of  God,  at  this 
very  Moment,  and  drawn  forth  therein  much  more 
than  I  did  expect.  But  having  now  eafed  my  bow 
ed  Spirit  of  that  which  has  remained  as  an  Exercife 
upon  me,  I  fliall  now  conclude,  earneftly  wifhing 
the  Welfare  of  you  all  ;  and  the  Lord,  faith  my 
Soul,  multiply  his  Mercies  and  the  Vifiradons  of 
his  pure  Love,  uuh  the  Peace  of  his  holy  Spirit^ 
upon  his  whole  Flock  and  Family.  To  God  the 
Father,  through  Jefus  Chrilt,  beeverlafting  Glory % 
Honour  and  Praiie,  who  is  worthy,  worthy,  novr 
and  for  ever. 

WenQeydale,  in  Yorkshire,  JOHN  FOTHERGILL. 
the    2 1/2   of  the  ^Twelfth 
1699. 

F    J    X    I    $.' 


